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Raphael Poch

Raphael Poch works as the Senior PR and Marketing Manager at Aish, is a freelance journalist, volunteers as an EMT and lives with his family in Efrat.

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Druze / Syria

Israeli Druze Fear for Syrian Relatives Following Extremist Attacks

By Raphael Poch

Northern border mayor warns of regional threats after the massacre of Syrian Druze and the destruction of two villages by HTS-backed militias.

E-Poch Chronicles

Oh Canada, Where Are You?

By Raphael Poch

It's clear that this government has lost its moral compass.

E-Poch Chronicles

Why I’m NOT Worried about Who Wins the US Election

By Raphael Poch

What the election cycle needs is more Jewish Wisdom and kindness

E-Poch Chronicles

Let Us Recognize the Miracles

By Raphael Poch

So let us praise Hashem, and amid all the pain and tragedy that this war is causing, let us recognize also the miracles.

E-Poch Chronicles

Don’t Let Your Wonder Turn Into Closure

By Raphael Poch

Endings New Beginnings, and Living a Life in Between

E-Poch Chronicles

Going it Alone, Together

By Raphael Poch

Everyone in Israel is putting in the effort. We may not agree on the exact methodology, but we all want the same things

E-Poch Chronicles

Being the Heroes Our Children Need Us To Be

By Raphael Poch

To all of these heroes among us - you showed us all that even in the darkest of times, there are points of light.

E-Poch Chronicles

Today I Remember Yigal

By Raphael Poch

This is one who I remember, the man I served alongside with, the man I am proud to have called a friend while he was alive.

E-Poch Chronicles

Learning a Lesson in Patience on a Whatsapp Group

By Raphael Poch

But this week, I learned a lesson in patience from someone on the same WhatsApp group as me, and I’d like to share this lesson.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Health and Medicine

Surge of Disabled Vets Exposes Cracks in Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Dept.

By Raphael Poch

A spokesperson for the dept. told JNS that 14,000 newly disabled veterans are expected by the end of the calendar year, in addition to the 6,000 already registered since Oct. 7.

Health and Medicine

United Hatzalah Volunteers Conduct Two In-Flight Rescues in Two Days

By Raphael Poch

When the passengers took ill, the flight crew asked if there were any medical personnel on board.

Chessed and Tzedaka

United Hatzalah’s New Responders Team In Mount Hevron Region

By Raphael Poch

There are towns in the region whose closest defibrillator is more than a 15-minute drive away in the next town over; that’s unacceptable when we need to save someone’s life in just a few seconds.

Israel / From the Paper

Innovation Overcomes Looming Tech Crisis In Israel

By Raphael Poch

The new devices will include the organization’s signature Lifecompass 2.0 dispatching system which tracks location of all its volunteers in real time and dispatches them to medical emergencies in their area.

Israel / Florida / From the Paper

Saving Lives In Texas And Florida

By Raphael Poch

Team members cared for the residents and guests and provided medical care and assessments as well as psychological first aid by members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit.

Israel / From the Paper

Making It To The Wedding

By Raphael Poch

The grateful husband then emotionally invited Grossberger and the other volunteers to their son's wedding.

Israeli Arabs

Muslim EMT Was First Responder At Temple Mount Terror Attack

By Raphael Poch

Sader is a truly dedicated volunteer who drops whatever he is doing in order to save the lives of others.

Israel

United Hatzalah Gets A Makeover

By Raphael Poch

This is the single largest dedication of emergency vehicles in Israel’s history...

Features / From the Paper

The Angels Of Shabbat

By Raphael Poch

Volunteers began going around to neighbors and synagogues in the vicinity to collect the children who had been out of the home when the tragedy occurred.

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