ZAKA
When humanity becomes the response
"One of Israel's most important contributions is the willingness to stand with others in their most difficult moments. It is the belief that no community should face tragedy alone."
ZAKA deploys team to aid Venezuela in search-and-rescue, distribute supplies, assess land
Israel's Olympics judo bronze medalist auctioning equipment to fund ZAKA PTSD treatments
Taiwan's Jewish community establishes first-ever cemetery in Taipei, buries 74-year-old man
73-year-old mother, 51-year-old son found dead in Haifa apartment
Another body of a 60-year-old man, who lived on his own, was discovered in his apartment in the Katmon neighborhood of Jerusalem, about two weeks after he passed away.
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, former ZAKA head, dies year after attempted suicide
Meshi-Zahav had been accused of sexually assaulting women and children over a period of decades.
13 wounded Ukrainians airlifted to Israel in joint rescue mission
Evacuees brought to Israel from Ukraine included several Holocaust survivors and a Jewish woman whose home was hit by a missile strike.
Grapevine: Perpetuating her name
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Holocaust survivor who died in China to be brought to Israel for burial
The body of a Jewish Holocaust survivor, Shmuel Yosef Briskin, who died in China before Rosh Hashanah, will be flown to Israel for burial by Chabad emissaries and the ZAKA international unit.
Man, 75, who climbed palm tree for a lulav dies after fall - report
Palm fronds, or lulavs, are part of the tradition of celebrating the holiday of Sukkot which will be celebrated next week.
Israeli killed in Ukraine car crash to be flown to Israel for burial
Rabbi Avraham Levy died in a car crash after Rosh Hashanah on his way to the Kyiv Airport. Ten hassidim were injured in the crash.
Bodies of Jerusalem yeshiva student plane crash victims land in US, UK
"Thanks to the activities of ZAKA representatives, Chabad emissaries and benefactors, the families will be able to "bury their loved ones even before Shabbat," ZAKA CEO Dubi Wiesenstern said.
Letters to the Editor July 19, 2021: Mass suicide is not painless
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
Mount Meron: Why did it take 11 hours to transfer 45 bodies to Abu Kabir?
The final Meron victims were identified on Sunday morning at around 7 a.m. and released for burial the same day – nearly 55 hours after they died.
