Why Caring for Family Caregivers is Essential & Lifesaving
Just after her husband passed away, Nechama, who had cared for him around the clock, visited the doctor to address her own health. She hadn’t been to a doctor for years, as she was too busy focusing on...
View ArticleMaking 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. The caller...
View ArticleIsrael’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: 200,000 people have been displaced from their...
View ArticleOn This Holocaust Remembrance Day, One Cannot, Should not, Forget about the...
The Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, which murdered more than 1,200 people in southern Israel, were the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. For many, the nightmare continues. more than 200 soldiers...
View ArticleSurviving a Hezbollah Power Grid Strike
Israel faces unprecedented security challenges – so Israel’s response needs to be unprecedented as well, and we at Yad Sarah are doing our best to contribute to that. In the face of the multi-front war...
View ArticleHome for the Holidays: How Yad Sarah helps people celebrate the seder at home
One of the most important themes of Passover is home. It is a holiday that started in the homes of the Israelites while they were still enslaved in Egypt, when they were commanded to mark their...
View ArticleTransformative Memories— We Must Keep Going, Renewed and Emboldened
In Judaism, we cannot do much without reciting the phrase “Zecher L’yetziat Mitzrayim,” which commands us to remember the Exodus from Egypt. We say this in kiddush on Friday night, in the shema prayer...
View ArticleSupporting Maternal Mental Health: The Essential Work of Yad Sarah
As May draws to a close, we reflect on a month dedicated to an incredibly important cause – Maternal Mental Health Month. This crucial initiative aims to raise awareness and address mental health...
View ArticleWar or Not, Yad Sarah’s Mobile Clinics Bring Oral Health to the Elderly and...
For many elderly on a fixed income, paying for dental care – which is at best minimally subsidized by government or health funds – is a challenge. This is one reason why as many as a quarter of...
View ArticleHow Community Support Prevents Falls and Mitigates Risk for Israel’s Seniors
Every day in Israel, about 1,000 elderly individuals experience an accidental fall. I myself recently tripped over a shoe on my floor and landed with a fractured bone. I’m 72 years old, and grateful it...
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