A ZAKA volunteer (wearing the yellow vest) helping MDA Mezach volunteers collect bodies and body parts for burial after a suicide bombing.

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ZAKA (Hebrew: זק"א‎, an abbreviation for Zihuy Korbanot Ason, literally: "Identifying Victims of Disaster"), is a voluntary community emergency response team in Israel, officially recognized by the government. Its full name is ZAKA - Identification and Rescue - True Kindness (Hebrew: זק"א - איתור חילוץ והצלה - חסד של אמת). The organization was founded in 1989 by Yehuda Meshi Zahav and Rabbi Moshe Aizenbach. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ... ZAKA symbol Copyrights: free to use, but only in a respectable manner. ... ZAKA symbol Copyrights: free to use, but only in a respectable manner. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... In the United States a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), sometimes known as a Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT), or Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET), is a group of volunteer emergency workers who have received basic training in disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression, basic disaster medical operations, light search and rescue... Rabbi, in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב, rav, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished (in knowledge). Sephardic and Yemenite Jews pronounce this word רִבִּי ribbÄ«; the modern Israeli pronunciation רַבִּי rabbÄ« is derived from a recent (18th...

Members of ZAKA, most of whom are Orthodox Jews, assist ambulance crews, identify the victims of terrorism, road accidents and other disasters, and where necessary gather body parts and spilled blood for proper burial. They also provide first aid and rescue services, and help with the search for missing persons. ZAKA was involved in helping forensic teams in Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and Indonesia in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, where they were nicknamed "the team that sleeps with the dead" because of their willingness to work around the clock. [1] Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts (The Oral Law) and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim. ... An ambulance in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico A Helicopter used as an Ambulance. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Human blood smear: a - erythrocytes; b - neutrophil; c - eosinophil; d - lymphocyte. ... For the musician, see Burial (musician). ... First aid is a series of simple, life-saving medical techniques that a non-doctor or layman can be trained to perform. ... Rescue refers to operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of injury. ... Tsunami strikes Ao Nang, Thailand. ...

The founders and members of ZAKA prefer to call the organization and their work Chesed shel Emet (חסד של אמת - "true kindness"), because they are dedicated to arranging the bodies of slain Jews to be buried according to Halakha, Jewish law. After acts of terrorism, ZAKA volunteers also collect the bodies and body parts of non-Jews, including suicide bombers, for return to their families. The phrase Chesed shel Emet refers to doing "kindness" for the benefit of the deceased, which is considered to be "true kindness", because no reward is expected. Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה; also transliterated as Halakhah, Halacha, Halakhot and Halachah with pronunciation emphasis on the third syllable, kha), is the collective corpus of Jewish religious law, including biblical law (the 613 mitzvot) and later talmudic and rabbinic law as well as customs and traditions. ... A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ...

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ZAKA started when a group of volunteers gathered to assist in the recovery of human remains from a terrorist attack on a Line 405 bus in Israel in 1989. In 1995 they were officially recognized by the Israeli government and now work closely with the Israeli police in the identification of disaster victims. Terrorist redirects here. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

ZAKA activity expanded rapidly during the al-Aqsa Intifada (from September 2000), when frequent terrorist suicide bombings created many scenes of disaster, with the remains and body parts of many victims strewn around bombing sites. For other uses, see al-Aqsa (disambiguation). ... A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ...

Growing public recognition

The devotion of the members of ZAKA and the professional manner in which they handled difficult and tragic scenes, such as the treatment of the bodies of victims killed in suicide bombings, led to strong public respect and admiration. The great contribution of ZAKA to Israeli society was soon widely recognized. A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ...

This recognition enabled ZAKA to recruit more volunteers, and with growing monetary donations, purchase advanced equipment, such as first aid kits, ambulances, MIRS and motorcycles (for rapid response).

The increase in reputation, donations and manpower enabled ZAKA to participate in additional voluntary activities beyond disaster victim identification and supplying first aid. Such other activities include helping senior citizens and education initiatives to prevent road accidents. A car accident in Yate, near Bristol, England, in July 2004. ...

One of the founders of ZAKA, Yehuda Meshi Zahav, was given the honor of lighting an honorary beacon on Israel's 55th Independence Day official ceremonies on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, the revered burial spot of modern Zionism's founder Theodor Herzl. This page discusses Beacons, fires designed to attract attention. ... An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nations assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another state. ... Tomb of Theodor Herzl at the top of Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Israel. ... Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim) (Standard) Yerushalayim or Yerushalaim Arabic commonly القـُدْس (Al-Quds); officially in Israel أورشليم القدس (Urshalim-Al-Quds) Name Meaning Hebrew: (see below), Arabic: The Holiness Government City District Jerusalem Population 724,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 123,000 dunams (123 km²) Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds, the Holiness)[2... Zionism is a political movement that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where Jewish nationhood is thought to have evolved somewhere between 1200 BCE and late Second Temple times,[1][2] and where Jewish kingdoms existed up to the 2nd century CE. Zionism is... Theodor Herzl, in his middle age. ...

Recent history

In 2004, a group of ZAKA volunteers flew to The Hague, Netherlands, with the wreckage of a bus destroyed on January 29, 2004 in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem. The wreckage, along with pictures of 950 victims of Palestinian terrorism, was taken to Washington DC to urge the United States to act against Palestinian terrorism. [2] Arms of The Hague Flag of The city of The Hague. ... An articulated bus operated by the CTA in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A Go North East Bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim) (Standard) Yerushalayim or Yerushalaim Arabic commonly القـُدْس (Al-Quds); officially in Israel أورشليم القدس (Urshalim-Al-Quds) Name Meaning Hebrew: (see below), Arabic: The Holiness Government City District Jerusalem Population 724,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 123,000 dunams (123 km²) Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds, the Holiness)[2... The term Palestinian terrorism is commonly used to describe acts of political violence committed by Palestinian individuals or groups against Israelis, Jews, and nationals of other countries. ... Flag Seal Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ...

In late 2004 and early 2005, members of ZAKA provided forensic services and other assistance in Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Other forensic teams reportedly dubbed the group "the team that sleeps with the dead" because they toiled nearly 24 hours a day at Buddhist pagodas in Thailand that had been transformed into morgues to identify those who died in the tsunami. The experience of ZAKA members, who reportedly see 38 bodies a week on average in Israel, helped them identify corpses faster than many of the 20 or so other forensic teams that operated in Thailand in the aftermath of the disaster, which placed them in high demand with grieving families. [3] Tsunami strikes Ao Nang, Thailand. ...

At the beginning of July 2005, Beeper Corp, the company that supplies ZAKA with communication to its members, cut off service to ZAKA due to unpaid debts.

In February 2007, ZAKA sent a 10-person rescue team, consisting primarily of rescue divers, to Paris to search for a missing Israeli Defense official. The mission is being funded by the Defense Ministry at an expected cost of $80,000. [4]

March 9, 2007 Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, chairman of ZAKA and former operations officer for the Israeli Ultra-Orthodox community while in Poland at the grave site of Hassidic Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk/Lezajsk was so enraged by the presence of Moshe Aryeh Friedman of Neturei Karta (infamously kissed Iranian President Ahmadinejad at a Holocaust Denial Conference: International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust) at the grave site that he along with another ZAKA member located Friedman in the crowd and comenced to beat him until Police arrived. Yehuda Meshi Zahav, who has just returned from a memorial service at the Auschwitz concentration camp, spotted Friedman in a crowd and attacked him, breaking his glasses and removing his hat and coat. The reason for this was, according to Meshi Zahav, that this garb is unique to Orthodox Jews, a group from which Friedman has removed himself on account of his Holocaust denial. The Polish authorities asked Friedman to leave the area, encouraging him to board a train for Vienna.^[1] Meshi-Zahav was later honoured by the gathered Jewish community in Lezajsk by being called to read from the Torah [5] Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ... Rabbi, in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב, rav, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished (in knowledge). Sephardic and Yemenite Jews pronounce this word רִבִּי ribbÄ«; the modern Israeli pronunciation רַבִּי rabbÄ« is derived from a recent (18th... Rabbi Elimelech Lipman of Lizhensk (or Lezhinsk or Lijensk) (in Polish: Leżajsk) (1717-1786) was and Orthodox Judaism rabbi and one of the great Hassidic rebbes of the past. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Moshe Aryeh (or Moishe Aryeh) Friedman is a political activist who often attends high profile anti-Israel demonstrations and conventions. ... Members of Neturei Karta protesting against Zionism. ... , sometimes also transcribed into English as Mahmud, Mahmood, Ahmadinezhad, Ahmadi-Nejad, Ahmadi Nejad (Persian: ; born October 28, 1956), is the sixth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ... Richard Harwoods Did Six Million Really Die? Holocaust denial is the claim that the mainstream historical version of the Holocaust is either highly exaggerated or completely falsified. ... Participants on the first day of the conference. ... Moshe Aryeh (or Moishe Aryeh) Friedman is a political activist who often attends high profile anti-Israel demonstrations and conventions. ... Auschwitz (Konzentrationslager Auschwitz) was the largest of the Nazi German concentration camps. ... Moshe Aryeh (or Moishe Aryeh) Friedman is a political activist who often attends high profile anti-Israel demonstrations and conventions. ... Moshe Aryeh (or Moishe Aryeh) Friedman is a political activist who often attends high profile anti-Israel demonstrations and conventions. ... Richard Harwoods Did Six Million Really Die? Holocaust denial is the claim that the mainstream historical version of the Holocaust is either highly exaggerated or completely falsified. ... Moshe Aryeh (or Moishe Aryeh) Friedman is a political activist who often attends high profile anti-Israel demonstrations and conventions. ... Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Tora redirects here. ...

See also

• Bereavement in Judaism
• Burial
• Forensic
• Hevra Kaddisha
• Israeli Security Forces
• Magen David Adom
• Hatzolah

Bereavement in Judaism (אבלות aveilut; mourning) is a combination of minhag (traditional custom) and mitzvot (commandments) derived from Judaisms classical Torah and rabbinic texts. ... For the musician, see Burial (musician). ... Forensics or forensic science is the application of science to questions which are of interest to the legal system. ... A chevra kaddisha (Hebrew: holy society, better translated as burial society) is a loosely structured but generally closed organization of Jewish men and women who see to it that the bodies of Jews are prepared for burial according to halacha (Jewish law) and are protected from desecration, willful or not... The Israeli Security Forces are several organizations collectively responsible for Israels security. ... The Magen David Adom emblem The Magen David Adom (Hebrew: ‎) is Israels national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service. ... Hatzolah ( which means rescue or relief in Hebrew), is a volunteer Emergency medical service (EMS) organization functioning in Israel and in many Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in major cities of the United States, as well as in Australia, South Africa, Mexico, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Russia, and the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• ZAKA Official Website English version
• Contact Zaka
• ZAKA at the Jewish Virtual Library
• ZAKA: Always there when terror strikes
• ZAKA: Kindness Amid Terror - An Interview with a volunteer
• Tsunami forensics team evokes Bible images, By Miranda Leitsinger, Associated Press Writer (reprint at boston.com)