Page 12 - Boca ViewPointe - March '23

Page 12, Viewpointe March 2023
Magen David Adom Disaster Response / Join Us March 21st

By Yishai Mizrahi As a community so supportive of our lifesaving work, lifesaving work, please call: Yishai Mizrahi, Area
many of you know the eight Boca Pointe sponsored Director for American Friends of Magen David Adom
Dear Friends, this month ambulances still in service have helped to save nearly 65,000 in Boca Raton/Delray Beach, at 561.288.5658 or email
I want to share with you lives cumulatively in locations that crisscross the entire State YMizrahi@afmda.org. 
some recent updates of our of Israel. From small towns to big
lifesaving work this last cities, and everywhere in between,
month, responding to tragic Israelis from all walks of life benefit
disasters, both terror related from your efforts. Each and every
AND natural. day, these emergency vehicles and
Magen David Adom the paramedics and EMT’s who
paramedics responded to operate them, save lives. With each
separate terror attacks in dispatch, in both times of great
Jerusalem last month. distress and great joy, the Boca
In the first incident, MDA treated a moderately injured Pointe community is proudly
teen stabbed in the back near the Temple Mount. Just hours represented with these vehicles.
later, MDA treated a critically wounded member of the Over 2400 babies have
Israeli Border Police who, after initially being stabbed by a been assisted in their delivery
terrorist during a check of bus passengers, was accidently OR delivered outright by an
shot as other police officers tried to subdue the attacker. ambulance bearing the name of the
The teen from the first attack was taken to Hadassah Ein Boca Pointe community.
Keren Hospital, where he was listed in good condition. The I hope to have the opportunity to
police officer from the second attack was grievously wounded see many of you at our March 21st
by friendly fire and succumbed to his injuries at Hadassah’s Boca-Delray Community Event.
Mount Scopus facility. You’ll be able to “ride” one of our
These attacks mark the latest terrorist acts in the Jerusalem Medicycles and see nearly a dozen
area in the beginning of this year. We’ve seen a shooting ambulances donated by our Boca-
attack that killed seven on Shabbat in Neve Yaakov, a Delray community just before they
second shooting attack the following day that wounded are transported to Israel.
two, including an MDA EMT walking with his father, and To Register – visit www.afmda.
a car-ramming attack the following Shabbat that killed a org/event/boca-2023/.
20-year-old married man and two young brothers, 6 and 8. For information about our
Evenings in Israel’s coastal areas have been punctuated sponsorship levels and tickets,
by Red Alerts, warning Israelis of possible incoming rockets, or if you will be travelling to
leaving residents in much of Israel in a state of anxiety. Israel and would like to tour
The men and women of Magen David Adom are on alert MDA facilities or to learn more
and are ready to respond to any terror or rocket attack. about our Magen David Adom’s
Meanwhile, nearly 800 miles away in south central
Turkey, Israel’s official aid delegation, which included
paramedics from Magen David Adom, headed home after Alisa Lebensohn, Esq.*
the Turkish government called an end to the search-and-
rescue phase of the earthquake response. Lebensohn Law, P.A.
While the search-and-rescue operation was brief, says
Felix Lotan, a senior paramedic who oversees disaster (561) 777-2233
response for Magen David Adom, the operation successfully alisa@bocalawyer.law
pulled 19 people, including several children, alive from *Licensed in FL and NY with 30 years combined experience
the rubble and provided initial medical treatment.
MDA’s response to terror attacks in Jerusalem, its Boca Pointe Resident, Providing Concierge Legal Services
ability to respond to rocket attacks in the Lachish region, to Palm Beach and Broward County Residents since 2015 and practicing law since 1992
or its ability to mobilize and provide aid in the aftermath Estate Planning, Family Law, Small Business Operations
of the earthquake in Turkey all have one thing in common Negligence/Medical Malpractice, Mobile Notary Services (yes, we come to you!)
— your support.
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The support of friends like you in Boca Pointe are invited to a complimentary meet and greet with
enable Magen David Adom to respond to virtually any me - by video, phone or, when the pandemic permits,
medical or humanitarian emergency by providing the
medical equipment, purchasing the supplies, enabling in-person at my practice.
the development of groundbreaking technology, and
sustaining a culture of training and continual preparedness. Please call 561.368.0191 to schedule your meet and
On behalf of Magen David Adom and the people of greet with me. I look forward to meeting you.
Israel, thank you.
With that, allow me to personally and cordially invite
you to join us on March 21st to our annual Boca- Steven E. Reznick, MD, FACP
Delray Community Wide Event featuring keynote Recognized as a “Best Doc”. Practicing in our community since 1979.
speaker Scott Pelley, award-winning 60 Minutes
Correspondent, and former CBS Evening News Anchor
and Managing Editor. This event marks the first time 7280 W. Palmetto Park Road | Suite 205N | Boca Raton | 33433
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together your community’s role in the heroic life-saving
work of Magen David Adom.