Eli Beer

The writer is the father of five children, a social entrepreneur and president and founder of United Hatzalah of Israel, an independent, non-profit, fully volunteer EMS organization that provides fast and free emergency first response throughout Israel.

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Honoring an Angel of Miami - Dr. Ari Ciment

By Eli Beer

I became close with Ari when I was sick with the Coronavirus, and even though I wasn’t a patient of his, he did everything in his power to save my life.

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Uprooting Religious Extremism From Israel

By Eli Beer

Until we eradicate such people from within our society, we need to look no further to understand why the third temple has not been built.

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Learning Humility From Rabbi Zvi Ryzman

By Eli Beer

My whole life has been dedicated to saving others, so how could this happen to me, I thought?

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Why Everyone Who Wakes Up From a Respirator Needs a Mental Health Professional By Their Side

By Eli Beer

I didn’t know it at the time, but I was suffering from something called ICU Delerium.

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I Recovered From Covid-19 Thanks To Angels

By Eli Beer

It was no dream – there were angels, angels from all over the world, who took care of me. I discovered that when I was told what had been happening around me all that time.

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The Most Appropriate And Effective Response To Terrorism

By Eli Beer

United Hatzalah of Israel's heroes--those who rush out at any given moment to save others--are Jews, Arabs, Druze, Bedouins, and Christians. They hold different beliefs and speak different languages.

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With The Difference-Makers at Davos

By Eli Beer

Many think the World Economic Forum is like a meeting of the United Nations, where politicians and other decision makers meet to speak. Not many know that the WEF, launched as a not-for-profit organization in 1971 by Klaus and Hilde Schwab, is something completely different: a place where people come to listen.