SAVING LIVES IN ISRAEL New England Jewish Students Save-A-Life Ambulance Project: 2015-2016 In 2002, a member of Congregation Beth El in Newton, MA, had an idea: have Jewish ‘kids’ learn about the power of tsadakah and the Jewish concept about saving lives. He (Harry Bloom) asked the representative of American Friends of Magen David Adom [who had just finished a presentation on Magen David Adom (MDA) & how it saves lives of anyone, anytime, anywhere in Israel who needs emergency medical care] how much an MDA ambulance cost. When he was given the figure, and asked when he wanted to […]