Tag: Yehuda Meshi Zahav

The first medic at the scene said: "It was a shocking sight."

Most, but not all, were elderly people living alone, with no one to care for them or check on their well-being – a situation exacerbated by the isolation and lockdowns that characterized 2020.

A clause was included in a Parliamentary bill, allowing for families of the deceased to oppose cremation out of religious reasons.

Housing Minister Galant quipped: "In contrast with other rescue organizations, I hope that you have the least amount of work."

After an initial briefing with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and with the Orthodox Union which is coordinating the volunteers within the Jewish community in Houston, the ZAKA team set out to work.

'We are currently running a fundraising campaign to purchase a ZAKA Chesed Truck.'

'Why was it necessary to take the body to the institute? After all, he was not the driver. He was sitting in the back seat.'

He studied in a Talmud Torah and was one of the brave young men who fought in the Old City of Jerusalem during the War of Independence.

'It pains us that that ZAKA’s reputation and willingness to help in humanitarian issues has been exploited.'

Ariel Meshi Zahav, the son of Yehuda Meshi Zahav, the Chareidi man who founded the Zaka organization, was recently drafted into the IDF. It's...

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, Chairman and Founder of ZAKA, made his comments in an extended opinion his Facebook page.