YAD SARAH IN THE PRESS
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How Nonprofits Can Effectively Appeal to Institutional Donors During Crises
Drawing on my experience at Israel’s largest healthcare nonprofit during the ongoing war in our region, we have developed five vital strategies that nonprofits can implement to successfully fundraise during emergencies.
NonProfitPRO
November 14, 2024 -
From Crisis to Care: How Yad Sarah Met Unprecedented Holiday Need
As the Jewish holidays came and went this year, they brought not only gatherings and prayers but also a season of heightened need. At Yad Sarah, we always anticipate an uptick in requests during these special times.
Times of Israel
November 12, 2024 -
Transforming stillbirth care: Four steps hospitals must take for grieving mothers - opinion
In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month, medical centers must implement these best practices to better care for mothers who experience a stillbirth.
The Jerusalem Post
October 19, 2024 -
Humanitarian health care and coexistence under fire in Israel’s north
In northern Israel, where communities of Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze live side by side, hospitals and clinics serve as microcosms of a shared society.
JNS
September 26, 2024 -
Medical nonprofit Yad Sarah gears up as fighting escalates on Israel’s northern border
Group struggles to restock its stores of medical equipment, deliver it to clients in need amid Hezbollah rocket fire
eJP
September 24, 2024 -
How Community Support Prevents Falls and Mitigates Risk for Israel’s Seniors
Every day in Israel, about 1,000 elderly individuals experience an accidental fall.With the 65-and-older population expected to double by 2040, the safety and well-being of older adults in Israel is going to become a concern for nearly every family in this country.
Times of Israel
September 22, 2024 -
Fallen soldier's brother: 'Dotan was a pure soul, was wounded and returned to fight'
Guy Shimon spoke to Arutz Sheva about his brother, Dotan, who fell in battle in Rafah. 'I am his older brother and despite this, he taught me a lot.'
Arutz Sheva
September 18, 2024 -
IDF veteran suffers PTSD during reserves and struggles to receive treatment
Reservist drafted on October 7 to identify massacre victims and now experiences post-traumatic stress disorder; Defense Ministry recognizes his condition, but not his disability
ynetnews.com
September 17, 2024 -
Holocaust Survivor Celebrates His Centennial Skydiving Over the Dead Sea
The Holocaust survivor, journalist, and actor Walter Bingham celebrated his 100th birthday last week with a skydive over the Dead Sea.
aish.com
September 16, 2024 -
Chicago woman made aliyah in 1973 and became part of Israel's story
Judy Selig Grossman is a part of the story of Israel. Her connection to the Land of Israel and to the nation of Israel is constant.
The Jerusalem Post
September 15, 2024 -
Forget the war with Iran — Israelis must keep on living
Amid the looming threat of a multifront retaliation from Iran and its proxies, Israelis are navigating a strange blend of high tension and continuing on with their daily routine. Israeli healthcare aid organization Yad Sarah has equipped Israelis living in areas under acute threat with medical equipment including portable, battery-operated oxygen concentrators and hospital-grade beds.
New York Post
August 9, 2024 -
Yad Sarah on High Alert amid Israel’s Heightened Security Concerns
Amid elevated concerns over an escalation of large-scale attacks on Israel led by Iran and Hezbollah, Yad Sarah has placed its 127 branches across the country on heightened precautionary alert, significantly increasing activity in its 29 northern branches.
5TJT
August 5, 2024 -
Yad Sarah: Staying operational in the north, no matter what
In the wake of the devastating Hezbollah rocket attack on Saturday night, the town of Majdal Shams is still reeling from shock and struggling to come to terms with the killing of 12 children and the injuries sustained by at least 44 others. In response, Yad Sarah—the largest nonprofit medical and social-services organization in Israel—is on the ground mobilizing resources at our recently established branch in the northern town to provide critical support and unwavering assistance to those in dire need.
JNS
July 31, 2024 -
How Israeli organizations can rise to the challenge of turbulent times
Innovate and overcome — this is the attitude that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and nonprofits should have when faced with emergencies or crises. Since the atrocities of Oct. 7 and the ensuing war with Hamas began, many organizations across Israel have deployed this attitude when dealing with the challenges of widespread infrastructure disruptions, workforce depletion and financial strain. Now, with growing daily threats from Hezbollah, Israeli nonprofits are still adapting and figuring out how to continue providing their services safely and effectively.
eJP
July 29, 2024 -
HOW ISRAEL’S LEADING HUMANITARIAN VOLUNTEER-STAFFED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND ALLIED SERVICES NGO IS PREPARING FOR A WAR WITH HEZBOLLAH
Building on its decades of experience, Yad Sarah quickly mobilized following the October 7 attack.
5 Towns Jewish News
July 12, 2024 -
Aish UK renowned Israel Trips: This year with a unique focus upon Volunteering and Connection
This year, Aish UK has coordinated a series of immersive trips to Israel for singles and students. This summer has already seen two campus students’ cohorts experiencing two-week journeys filled with volunteering, cultural activities, and powerful encounters with October 7th Survivors and soldiers as well as Holocaust Survivors.
The Jewish Weekly
July 3, 2024 -
Daily Giving Celebrates Donation Of New Ambulance to Magen David Adom
Last Wednesday evening, Jill and Bruce Schanzer of New Rochelle hosted a Magen David Adom ambulance dedication in their backyard. The ambulance stood in front of the Schanzer home, where the guests could see it and look inside. This particular ambulance was dedicated by the latest group gift from the organization Daily Giving.
Jewish Link
June 27, 2024 -
In Jerusalem, a unique hotel offers respite for women who have experienced stillbirth
Moriel Yamin was six months pregnant with her first child when Hamas terrorists overran the police station opposite her home in Sderot, killing 35 people. In November, Yamin suffered excruciating contractions... Three days after Shira Chaya was born, the infant died.
JTA
June 25, 2024 -
War or Not, Yad Sarah’s Mobile Clinics Bring Oral Health to the Elderly and Disabled
Improving oral health is what Yad Sarah has undertaken to do with its Mobile Dental Unit, a traveling “dental clinic” that brings professionals and care to the homes of the elderly and others who can’t afford – or can’t get out – to the dentist.
Times of Israel
June 23, 2024 -
Supporting Maternal Mental Health: The Essential Work of Yad Sarah
Yad Sarah understands the immense pressure and emotional toll that new parents face, and we recognize the vital role that any support plays in helping to lower the risk of severe postpartum mental health issues. That’s why Yad Sarah offers a range of services to support expecting and new mothers along with their families, and has recently launched vital services for women and families who experience stillbirth or perinatal loss.
Times of Israel
May 29, 2024 -
Yad Sarah volunteers assist bereaved families to Yom Hazikaron commemorations
Yad Sarah, the leading nongovernmental healthcare and social services organization in Israel, helped bereaved individuals visit the gravesites of their loved ones and ceremonies at cemeteries this Yom Hazikaron (Israeli Memorial Day).
JNS
May 13, 2024 -
Transformative Memories— We Must Keep Going, Renewed and Emboldened
To date, Yad Sarah has distributed rehab equipment to about 13,245 people with injuries related to Oct. 7 and the war. In addition to medical equipment, we also provide services such as transporting wounded veterans anywhere they need to be, from reunions with their units to funerals of comrades, to family events.
Times of Israel
May 7, 2024 -
For many Israelis this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible
This year, Noam Safir and her family will order takeout for the Passover seder because her mother Moshit has no energy to cook a festive meal, as she has done in past years. Moshit is the daughter of the oldest Israeli hostage held by Hamas — Shlomo Mansour, 86.
JTA
April 19, 2024 -
Home for the Holidays: How Yad Sarah helps people celebrate the seder at home
For us at Yad Sarah, these weeks leading up to Passover are always busy, as we strive to ensure that as many people as possible can celebrate the holiday in the comfort of their homes, surrounded by loved ones. Amid the flurry of ongoing initiatives and projects, this year holds particular significance as we have extended our services and programs to help those evacuated from the north and south of the country and those suffering injuries from the ongoing fighting.
The Times of Israel
April 17, 2024 -
Why volunteering as an older adult elevates both individuals and nonprofits
In one day, Chava David, 80, can experience a range of emotions as she volunteers in the Shaare Zedek Medical Center branch of Yad Sarah, Israel’s largest medical nonprofit. In one moment, she finds herself crying with the distressed mother of a wounded soldier who needs rehabilitation after fighting in Gaza. Only a few minutes later, she takes part in the joy of childbirth when a new father comes in to borrow a car seat and crib.
eJP
April 16, 2024 -
On high alert since October 7, hospitals were already prepared to deal with Iran attack
When Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel overnight Saturday-Sunday, there was no need for Israeli hospitals to go onto emergency footing; they have been on high alert since the beginning of the war with Hamas in Gaza six months ago, employing an extensive range of strategies to be ready for any eventuality.
The Times of Israel
April 15, 2024 -
Yad Sarah encourages Israelis to welcome recovering heroes, evacuees, and seniors to the Seder
Yad Sarah, Israel’s leading NGO, extends Passover aid amidst the war surge, offering medical equipment loans, oxygen concentrators, and power generators for comfort and support.
The Jerusalem Post
April 11, 2024 -
Yad Sarah buys new home-hospital van with Daily Giving funds
A generous donation from 18,000 “Daily Givers” allows Yad Sarah to expand its home-hospital service and reduce pressure on overwhelmed hospitals in Israel.
JNS
March 14, 2024 -
War Testing Israel's Biggest Medical Aid Volunteer Group
Yad Sarah has been helping Israelis in crisis for nearly 50 years, but the scope of post-October 7 needs has overwhelmed even its seasoned volunteers.
Israel21c
March 5, 2024 -
Surviving a Hezbollah Power Grid Strike
In the face of the multi-front war that the country currently faces, Yad Sarah is undertaking a first-time-ever, first-time-anywhere project to provide life-saving oxygen supply, ensuring that thousands of people dependent on oxygen support can get it, even if the power goes out.
Times of Israel
March 5, 2024 -
Israeli organization building emergency medical equipment amid war escalations
Having boosted its activity amid wartime, the non-governmental organization with its 7,000 volunteers has distributed a full year’s worth of medical equipment loans within just three months.
The Jerusalem Post
February 25, 2024 -
As Houthi attacks disrupt Red Sea shipping, Yad Sarah flies in critical medical equipment
With funding from the Jewish Federations of North America, the medical nonprofit is bringing in dozens of containers' worth of oxygen generators, physical therapy machines and other gear
eJewish Philanthropy
February 9, 2024 -
Yad Sarah receives first airlift of medical aid as it avoids Houthi attacks
The attacks of Iran-backed Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea have wreaked havoc on imports to countries passing through the body of water, and among those Israeli organizations that have suffered is the voluntary organization, Yad Sarah.
The Jerusalem Post
February 8, 2024 -
Chibuk: When The World Forgets…We Will Remember
Teaming up with organizations such... Yad Sarah, Chibuk is creating a safety net, a financial and emotional support system that remains steadfast even as the world around these families moves forward.
Queens Jewish Link
January 31, 2024 -
On This Holocaust Remembrance Day, One Cannot, Should not, Forget about the Survivors
About one-third of Holocaust survivors in Israel live in poverty.... At Yad Sarah, we serve over 35,000 of these survivors, providing them with medical equipment, an emergency hotline, free legal advice, caregiver support, and now, in the midst of war, temporary housing.
Times of Israel
January 25, 2024 -
How to better heal Israel’s wounded
Cooperation between the public health system, nonprofits and the private sector is essential to ensuring proper physical and mental rehabilitation.
JNS
January 21, 2024 -
Houthi attacks in Red Sea delay arrival of critical Yad Sarah medical equipment
Medical aid volunteer group says 64 containers with medical supplies due this month are delayed, and it’s grappling with shortages
Times of Israel
January 21, 2024 -
How Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea threaten Israel’s economy
Even small changes to the supply chain can pose major challenges for the supply of medical supplies amid an “unprecedented number” of war casualties, said Moshe Cohen, chief executive of Yad Sarah, the largest nongovernmental medical supplies lender in Israel.
Washington Post
January 20, 2024 -
Movers and shakers in Israeli society
18 North American students are participating in a birthright Israel Onwards mission at Yad Sarah, where they have undertaken a variety of volunteer efforts for two weeks.
The Jerusalem Post
January 6, 2024 -
IDF soldiers recover Yad Sarah equipment looted by Hamas terrorists
IDF soldiers raided a Nukhba terrorist's home in Gaza and found equipment belonging to Yad Sarah that had been looted during the attack on the Gaza surrounding communities on October 7.
Israel National News
December 19, 2023 -
Israel’s Long Road to Rehabilitation: Following The Yad Sarah Model
Since Israel was forced into war with Hamas in Gaza after the horrendous Oct. 7 attacks, the country faces an unprecedented need for humanitarian aid.
The Times of Israel
December 13, 2023 -
Where Do You Donate, and How Do You Make Sure Your Money Gets There?
The proliferation of charities that have sprung up — seemingly out of nowhere — following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack is mind-boggling.
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent
December 6, 2023 -
Nonprofit pharmacy organization provides free medication to evacuees
The nonprofit organization, Briut Shava Lakol, brings free medications to people who lost their homes or were forced to leave them for safety during Israel's war against Hamas.
The Jerusalem Post
December 3, 2023 -
Yad Sarah Mobilizes Volunteers in Israel
Within the wake of Hamas’s devastating attacks, and following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration of war, Yad Sarah is rallying to provide vital assistance to Israel’s most vulnerable.
Jewish Journal
November 8, 2023 -
Yad Sarah's accessible hotel opens its doors to displaced Israelis
Yirmiyahu 33 is just one of the many hotels that are currently occupied by displaced Israelis, with the crucial difference that the Yad Sarah facility is designed for accessibllity.
The Jerusalem Post
October 26, 2023 -
Making Sure Lives, and Life, Goes On
“We can’t find our 79-year-old mother, help us!!” a caller pleaded over the line to the Yad Sarah emergency center as the atrocities in the south of Israel unfolded on Simchat Torah morning.
Times of Israel
October 22, 2023 -
Israeli NGO Yad Sarah ups emergency efforts
Yad Sarah, Israel’s leading volunteer-staffed organization has rapidly expanded its operations. Its large-scale relief efforts are coordinated in collaboration with hospital administrations, the IDF, Israel Police, and population intake centers for evacuees.
JewishNews
October 16, 2023 -
A UNIQUE HOTEL FOR EMOTIONAL HEALING AFTER STILLBIRTH
Voluntary healthcare service provider opens a unique recovery and wellness center where women receive emotional support following the trauma of newborn death.
Israel21C
October 12, 2023 -
Israeli nonprofit offers wheelchair users a chance to visit Jerusalem’s Old City before Yom Kippur
With specially equipped vans and trained tour guides, the medical charity Yad Sarah brings 18 people to the Western Wall for a Selichot tour.
eJP
September 21, 2023 -
Young Adults With Mobility and Medical Challenges Enjoy Birthright Israel Trip With OU’s Israel Free Spirit
Thanks to Yad Sarah, the group was able to borrow six extra wheelchairs, shower and bath chairs, and other equipment which contributed to participants’ comfort.
JewishLink
September 21, 2023 -
Lending Closets Offer Free Medical Equipment
Yad Sarah was the inspiration for Wheel It Forward, a recently launched loan program serving parts of Connecticut and New York.
Brain&Life
September 1, 2023 -
Donors Want Value: How Nonprofits Can Deliver More
Recently, an organization dedicated to helping women who experience stillbirth or perinatal loss approached my organization, Yad Sarah, requested we set up a respite and recovery center for these women.
NonProfitPRO
August 31, 2023 -
New respite facility opens for patients discharged from Shaare Zedek on Shabbat
Yad Sarah last week opened a new interim respite facility for family members and convalescents who are discharged from Shaare Zedek Medical Center during Shabbat (the Sabbath), freeing beds for new patients, but who cannot travel home for any reason until Shabbat ends.
Arutz Sheva
August 24, 2023 -
Israeli NGO promotes summertime accessibility with transportation services
In a bid to promote summertime accessibility and mobility, Israeli NGO Yad Sarah reported that volunteer drivers of its fleet of accessible vans have provided over 4,400 rides for individuals who are wheelchair-bound through June and July 2023 alone.
Disability Insider
August 17, 2023 -
This week in Jerusalem: Whose kashrut is it?
Yad Sarah has opened Israel’s first recovery and wellness center for women who have suffered the tragedy of a stillbirth or perinatal loss.
The Jerusalem Post
August 11, 2023 -
Experience Tikkun Olam: Volun-touring Opportunities In Israel
Tikkun olam, the Jewish value of “repairing the world,” is a dynamic daily reality in Israel. If you’re planning a visit, you can participate, too. There are many “volun-touring” activities accessible for English-speakers.
Zenger News
July 21, 2023 -
Israeli nonprofit opens hotel for women who experience pregnancy loss
Top researcher says this kind of center offers a key first step to helping women, couples overcome the trauma of stillbirth.
eJewish Philanthropy
July 14, 2023 -
What We Get By Giving
There is no question that Yad Sarah saves and transforms thousands of lives every day. With the help of donors and a national network of volunteers, an elderly woman gets the walker she needs; lifesaving help is delivered within minutes to the home of a man who falls down; and a disabled boy can visit the beach, thanks to a ride in Yad Sarah’s accessible van.
Times of Israel
July 10, 2023 -
Wheelchair-accessible ambulance dedicated in memory of Lord Jonathan Sacks
The late Chief Rabbi's Chief rabbi's brothers Brian, Alan and Eliot attend event in Jerusalem hosted by UK Friends of Yad Sarah.
Jewish News
June 15, 2023 -
Yad Sarah’s equipment loans save Israel’s health system billions
The Jewish state's largest national volunteer organization provides a vast quantity of medical and rehabilitative home-care equipment.
Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
June 8, 2023 -
Why Israel innovates in healthcare and what the world can learn - opinion
Shortcomings in the Israeli healthcare system have spurred life-changing innovations that the rest of the world should learn from.
The Jerusalem Post
June 7, 2023 -
Hope for Uniting the People of Israel
Despite the fall of the most diverse Israeli government to date, Jewish-Arab collaboration is possible in Israel.
The Jewish Journal
August 5, 2022 -
Religious connection can inspire philanthropy
According to Adele Goldberg, executive director of Friends of Yad Sarah, Inc., in New York City, religion can be a major driving force for donors, especially when taught from a young age.
Cleveland Jewish News
October 15, 2020 -
Together as One Nation: Am Yisrael Chai
A response to ‘Israeli society needs to disengage from ultra-Orthodox’.
Times of Israel
October 4, 2020 -
IDF naval commando unit keeps oxygen flowing to civilian care centers, stressing ‘need of the hour’
The Israel Defense Forces’ elite naval commando unit, Shayetet 13, has been making nonstop deliveries of oxygen cylinders to civilian care facilities that were struggling to get hold of supplies in recent weeks as hospitals raced to stock up on their own oxygen tanks.
JNS
May 4, 2020 -
Emergency sensors offered for thousands of elderly people who live alone
Some 20,000 elderly Israelis who live alone will receive emergency alert buttons and sensors from the Yad Sarah organization, after multiple elderly people were found dead alone in their homes.
Jerusalem Post
April 27, 2020 -
Labor Ministry to install distress sensors in homes of childless seniors
Elderly Israelis to receive distress sensors at negligible price from the Yad Sarah, Labor and Welfare Ministry announces.
Arutz7
April 27, 2020 -
Hope and solidarity
The IDF has been at the forefront of helping people. In cooperation with Yad Sarah, they have been assisting in the delivery of the oxygen tanks.
Jerusalem Post
April 15, 2020 -
Mossad helps Israeli charity rescue life-saving ventilators from China
In an effort to avoid an Italy-like scenario in which doctors would need to choose which patients would receive life-saving ventilators, the Israeli nonprofit group Yad Sarah launched a campaign to raise funds for the purchase of such equipment from abroad.
World Israel News
April 14, 2020 -
Israeli corona patients get special boost from naval commandos
Shayetet 13 has decided to start filling oxygen tanks, and the unit reached out to the Yad Sarah organization, which provides medical supplies, for advice.
Israel Hayom
April 12, 2020 -
Yad Sarah – Helping Coronavirus Victims Breathe
Aaron Frenkel, international philanthropist, investor and entrepreneur, is meeting the Coronavirus crisis head-on by pledging to match all donations made to Yad Sarah’s emergency campaign to bring life-saving respiratory equipment to Israel.
Jerusalem Post
April 5, 2020 -
As corona crisis grows, Israelis find a way to help out
Yad Sarah, the volunteer organization that provides equipment and services for people coping with disabilities, aging and illness, set up a “Corona Line.”
ISRAEL21c
March 26, 2020 -
Yad Sarah announces coronavirus hotline and emergency delivery service
Israel’s largest national volunteer organization, Yad Sarah, announced on Monday the creation of a coronavirus hotline for anyone under quarantine in the country that needs medical equipment delivered to their home.
JNS
March 10, 2020 -
Purim in the Age of Coronavirus
In Israel, Yad Sarah, the country’s largest volunteer-led social services agency, arranged a Coronavirus Hotline for people in quarantine to call in order to have medical equipment delivered to his or her home.
The New York Jewish Week
March 10, 2020 -
New Yad Sarah Building Will Provide Resources to Immigrants, Elderly in Israel
Volunteer medical aid organization Yad Sarah is opening a new multi-service center in Ashdod, Israel’s largest city in the South and home to one of Israel’s largest Russian-speaking olim, or immigrant, communities.
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2019 -
Yad Sarah constructs new Ashdod branch to serve more immigrants, elderly, families
The volunteer medical aid organization Yad Sarah is responding to increasing demand for its services by opening a new multi-service center in Ashdod, home to one of Israel’s largest Russian-speaking olim, or immigrant, communities.
Cleveland Jewish News
August 7, 2019 -
New Yad Sarah branch to open in Ashdod
Volunteer medical aid organization Yad Sarah will serve city’s 222,000 residents, one-third of whom are immigrants.
Arutz7
August 6, 2019 -
Travel in Israel for people with disabilities
Yad Sarah is Israel’s largest volunteer-staffed organization, providing a wide array of compassionate health and home care services for people of all ages, with special programs directed at support for older adults and for children and adults with disabilities.
New York Jewish Parenting Guide
July 24, 2019 -
Travel in Israel for people with disabilities
Yad Sarah is Israel’s largest volunteer-staffed organization, providing a wide array of compassionate health and home care services for people of all ages, with special programs directed at support for older adults and for children and adults with disabilities.
New York Jewish Travel Guide
July 24, 2019 -
Israeli medical charity opens branches in Akko, Tiberias
The new Yad Sarah branch in Akko (Acre) will offer equipment lending, an equipment repair workshop, emergency alarm response, legal services, and wheelchair-accessible transportation in one of Israel’s most diverse cities. Seventy-two percent of Akko’s 55,000 residents are Jews, 25 percent are Muslim Arabs, and 2 percent are Christian Arabs, while almost 25 percent are new immigrants.
The Jewish Advocate
July 17, 2019 -
Yad Sarah opens two new branches providing health, social services in Israel
The new branches in Akko and Tiberias represent the latest venues to mobilize the energy of Yad Sarah’s corps of 7,000-plus volunteers.
JNS
July 10, 2019 -
School Israel trips evolve to keep up with society
In the Israel trips run by 10 Bay Area Jewish day schools and high schools, students assemble crutches at Yad Sarah, an Israeli volunteer organization that provides free or low-cost assistance to the sick, disabled and elderly.
The Jewish News of Northern California
September 26, 2018 -
Giving and Getting: Inspiration for the High Holidays
The assistance that Yad Sarah provided to Dadoun Cohen after the motorcycle accident, when she could not walk, and her triumphant return to leading services and inspiring others, reminds us that getting and giving are the threads that weave the fabric of our lives.
Jewish Exponent
September 12, 2018 -
Events coming up in Jewish Chicago
Friends of Yad Sarah presents Adele Goldberg speaking on Israel’s Critical Needs, Yad Sarah’s Life-Changing Solutions. 9:30 a.m., Lake Shore Drive Synagogue, 70 E. Elm St., Chicago.
The Chicago Jewish News
June 3, 2018 -
On the road in Israel
The students visited Yad Sarah, Israel’s largest volunteer organization that engages in acts of kindness for Jews and non-Jews in Israel, where they were given a tour and engaged in several hands-on activities... when 8th-grader Max Dayan celebrated his bar mitzvah, he earmarked all his gifts – every single one – for Yad Sarah Play Center and Toy Library for children with special needs.
Connecticut Jewish Ledger
April 25, 2018 -
As Israel Approaches its 70th Birthday, Let’s Care for the Country’s Builders
Israeli society needs to support its builders by expanding access to social services and ensuring that nobody is left behind. Addressing this crucial priority, Yad Sarah is virtually the only organization whose primary mission is to care for Israel’s caretakers — to build up the builders to the point where they are whole again.
Washington Jewish Week
February 14, 2018 -
Compassion Is Part of Treatment
For most of us, dental work is not at the top of our wish list. But for patients treated by Dr. Ihab Mansoure through Yad Sarah, a visit from the dentist could just be their greatest wish.
Jewish Journal
February 14, 2018 -
Women Who Give
Yad Sarah, Israel’s largest volunteer-led social support agency, saves the Israeli government and healthcare system an estimated $300 million per year, and aids everyone—young, old, Jewish, Christian, Arab, Druze, men, women, religious and secular. Every day, I go to work, proud to serve as the Executive Director of Yad Sarah’s American office.
Giving Tuesday Blog
November 20, 2017 -
The Times of Israel: Tackling the Urban-Rural Health Care Divide
Grantee Yad Sarah is working to provide healthcare services and equipment to individuals who live in the periphery of the country and frequently lack access to proper medical care.
Helmsley Trust
October 11, 2017 -
Tackling the Urban-Rural Health Care Divide: A Lesson from Israel’s Periphery
There are dramatic differences in health outcomes between those who live in most of central Israel and those on the country’s northern and southern periphery. Through its “Home Hospital” program, Yad Sarah lends out medical equipment, from hospital beds and hoists to wheelchairs and oxygen tanks. Thus, whenever possible,the elderly, injured, and sick can receive care at home—not in a hospital.
The Times Of Israel
October 11, 2017 -
Facing Israel’s Healthcare Crisis: How Transformative Philanthropy Can Help the Most Vulnerable
Building on its unique capabilities, Yad Sarah has developed a series of new initiatives in partnership with philanthropists like The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and the Komor Family to alleviate overcrowding in hospitals, reduce costs, and improve health care outcomes in novel and innovative ways.
EJewish Philanthropy
July 16, 2017 -
All you do the entire day is help people
Run by 7,000 volunteers and 160 employees, Yad Sarah, Israel’s largest voluntary association, lends medical gear, transports the disabled and much more.
ISRAEL21c
May 4, 2017 -
Survivors of Riga Ghetto Make Final Grant
The Society of Survivors of the Riga Ghetto – in their final official act as a group before disbanding due to their members’ passing and age – have contributed $30,000 to Yad Sarah. The gift to Yad Sarah, Israel’s largest volunteer-staffed organization, will support the organization’s dental clinic, which serves a disproportionate number of Holocaust survivors free of charge.
The Jewish Voice
April 24, 2017 -
Israel’s Yad Sarah has prescription for U.S. health care system
A new Congress and a new administration are reassessing the efficacy of America’s health care system — and exploring solutions to contain rising costs while delivering better care. They could be well served by looking to a small nation thousands of miles away and one organization that has transformed that country’s health care landscape: Yad Sarah.
Jewish Journal
March 8, 2017 -
Grants Roundup
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust: $1.5 million to Yad Sarah, an Israeli volunteer organization, to expand projects that provide health care in Israel.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
March 1, 2017 -
Social Service Organization Expands Domestic Violence Treatment to Southern Israel
The Israeli social service organization Yad Sarah announced the opening of its second facility dedicated to the treatment of victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. Yad Sarah’s new “family center” in Israel’s western Negev region joins the organization’s existing domestic violence treatment center in Jerusalem, which opened in 2000.
Algemeiner
January 5, 2017 -
Social Service Organization Expands Domestic Violence Treatment to Southern Israel
Dr. Shlomit Lehman, director of Yad Sarah’s family centers, said the organization decided to open a Negev-based facility due to the need for such services in southern Israel, particularly for those who “suffer from the trauma and disruptions of the ongoing Gaza conflict.”
JNS
January 4, 2017 -
Yad Sarah Family Center to Open New Location Serving Domestic Violence Victims in Israel’s South
Today, Yad Sarah, Israel’s largest volunteer-led organization, announced the opening of a Family Center in the western Negev to treat victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. It is the program’s second location, which is open to people in Israel of all backgrounds and has been widely recognized for its success in supporting the Orthodox community to address the complexities and sensitivities of domestic violence.
The Jewish Link
December 29, 2016 -
Yad Sarah to fight domestic abuse in the Negev
Yad Sarah, Israel’s largest volunteer-led organization, has announced the opening of a Family Center in the western Negev to treat victims and offer counseling and anger management groups for perpetrators of domestic violence. It is the second location for the program, which has been widely recognized for its success in addressing the complexities and sensitivities of domestic violence.
San Diego Jewish World
December 28, 2016
