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...Campus Hillel Ambulance Initiative—nicknamed Project CHAI as the Hebrew word “chai” means “life”—plans to raise $70,000 to buy an ambulance for Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s official emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service...
According to Rachel B. Tiven '96-'97, Hillel is also trying to raise money to send to Magen David Adom, Israel's version of the Red Cross...
...journeyed to Palestine and identified hundreds of ancient sites by questioning Arabs, who had preserved the traditional names for centuries. Robinson pinpointed Masada. He found a monumental arch supporting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. "He did more than anybody before or after for biblical topography," says Magen Broshi, curator emeritus of the Dead Sea Scrolls...
...Shamir responded to the outcry by clamping new restrictions on Palestinian workers. Computers are churning out expanded lists of Palestinians banned from entering Israel for security reasons, while authorities raided restaurants, shops and factories last week and rounded up more than 1,000 illegal Arab workers. Economics Minister David Magen promised to introduce measures to cut in half the number of Palestinians from the territories working in Israel...
This week, when Jerusalem's Hanukkah lights had flickered out, few believed that the peace would last. Many Sabbath drivers took the precaution of marking their cars with the Shield of David-the symbol of the Jewish Red Cross that marks doctors' cars. "Even with a Magen David one isn't safe," said one driver, "but at least one is safer." The orthodox leader, Rabbi Blau, however, deplored the violence. "If I had my way," he said, "every Jew who wishes to stand up against what he believes to be a desecration of his faith would demonstrate...