The Magen David Adom (Red Star of David) is the national emergency service of Israel – dispatching EMTs, ambulances, even an intensive care BUS to sites immediately after missile attacks. In a bunker three floors below ground, staff monitor phones and computers 24/7, calculating missile trajectories down to the neighborhood, and alerting their community of volunteers that danger is en … Read More
Ukrainian dishes at… well… Ukrainian Dishes
We were doomed from the start. We had started our work day too early to eat breakfast… spent all morning outside in the cold… and as the hours passed the temperature dropped and the precipitation arrived. By lunch time we were cold, shivering, and starving. The standard advice is to never go grocery shopping on an empty stomach — but … Read More