Volunteering

In emergency responses, Israel sets the standard and inspires the world

Israel shows that when people are given responsibility and the tools to act, they do not step back from crisis. They step forward into it.

ZAKA volunteers collect the remains of a woman killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack in northern Israel on March 24, 2026.
Irene Nurith Cohn is a volunteer in the Zaka scuba unit

From the depths of the water to the heights of Mount Herzl

Brown sea turtle hatchling

Sea turtle nesting season has launched

HaGal Sheli session. Waves as opportunities

“The sea saved my life. Now we use it to save others”


Meet Asher Leeder, the rabbi and martial artist who helps IDF troops with chiropractic issues

Jerusalemite of the Week: Asher Leeder is an ordained rabbi and a black belt martial artist in Tora Dojo. Here in Israel, he uses his chiropractic skills to help IDF lone soldiers.

 Rabbi Asher Leeder

United Hatzalah's founder & president Eli Beer's recounts October 7 events

United Hatzalah's Resilient Volunteers Spotlighted at the Jerusalem Post Conference 2024.

Eli Beer had accepted Delov Yehud z"l's award in place of his brother Netta

Hadassah: The US woman's Zionist organization helping Israeli women

Hadassah Women won’t stop at anything when it comes to helping those in need

 CHAGALL WINDOWS at Hadassah University Medical Center, in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem.

After Oct. 7, Israeli women launch wartime crafting project

The World Mezuzah Project spreads hesed, one stitch at a time.

 Women working on the mezuzot in Ohel Ari.

Meet the Oleh rabbi making a difference for families in Tel Aviv

The London-born Rabbi Joe Wolfson has a reputation for quickly becoming an active and important force in whichever city in the world he chooses to call home.

 FIGHTING THE WhatsApp war, with a group of 800 volunteers.

Volunteer discovers ancient decorated bowl at Israeli dig

Meir Elchassid, a volunteer from Rehovot, Israel, stumbled upon the ancient glazed bowl during a communal archaeological dig to uncover historical artifacts.

 The decorated bowl dating back to the Abbasid period in Khirbet Hevra.

'I did everything I could' MDA volunteer recalls October 7

Zohar has been an MDA volunteer for 35 years, training medics, serving as a senior EMT, and driving the kibbutz ambulance.

 MDA ambulances in the south of Israel

US surgeon in Gaza talks about the scale of wounds in Gaza: 'Something I have never dealt with'

US vascular surgeon Shariq Sayeed describes the dire situation in Gaza, where young patients face amputations due to shrapnel wounds and overwhelmingly low medical resources.

 DISPLACED PALESTINIANS shelter last week in an UNRWA-affiliated school in the central Gaza Strip. Gazan Palestinians are not Israeli citizens and are not Israel’s responsibility. Israel didn’t want this war, didn’t start this war, and doesn’t want it to continue, the writer asserts.

Treating an injured colleague in the living room

The heroic story of Sderot MDA station on October 7.

 MDA Ambulance

Leslie Windman: A Maryland chiropractor making adjustments in Israel

During the war, Leslie Windman has been using this skill – honed over 30 years of practice in Maryland – as a volunteer, easing aches and pains for soldiers serving across Israel.

 Leslie Windman, 60 From Clarksville, Maryland to Jerusalem, 2021