AFRMC Board with Naftali Bennett


American Friends of Rabin Medical Center

We support innovative medical treatment and healthcare at Israel’s Rabin Medical Center for one million patients annually. Partnering with the hospital, we promote the best care, research and technology to reach new frontiers in global medicine. We facilitate international medical fellowships with individual and corporate support for the hospital.

Rabin Medical Center Doctors: Caring For The Wounded

American Friends helping Rabin Medical Center of Israel during a National Emergency

AN URGENT PLEA FROM DR. FELIX BENNINGER AT ISRAEL'S RABIN MEDICAL CENTER

Dr. Felix Benninger, Deputy Director, Department of Neurology, has an emergency plea from Israel's Rabin Medical Center during this horrific war.


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An Israeli Soldier's Healing Through His Mother's Eyes: Rabin Medical Center Treats Incoming War Casualties & Their Entire Rehabilitative Care

Rabin Medical Center Treats Incoming War Casualties

Thirty-one years ago, Debra Weiner-Solomont, made aliyah with her husband and four sons from Brookline Massachusetts. A fifth son was born soon after in Israel.

Today, that son lies in Rabin Medical Center, slowly recovering from devastating injuries from an attack during his reserve duty on the Northern border of Israel.

It is a long and difficult journey that thousands of Israeli soldiers and their families now face.

Debra writes a deeply moving and powerful story of faith, hope and courage, watching her son slowly recover from his wounds, deal with "survivor guilt" and, with the support of family, friends, and the Rabin Medical Center staff, learn how to move forward.

Debra wrote: Facing challenges and hardships is an integral part of who we are as Jews.

Sending a child off to battle is one of the hardest things a parent can do. Our dream was to live in our country, for better or for worse. We have experienced the best of times and now the worst of times. I could not be prouder and more frightened than I am today.

We encourage you all to read Debra's blog in full as a testament to the strength of the Jewish people in the face of adversity.


READ DEBRA’S STORY HERE



Important Updates

Rabin Medical Center prepares for the release of incoming hostages

The highly anticipated release of Israeli hostages to Rabin Medical Center has doctors in several departments preparing for their treatment.


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Support Israeli Doctors & Nurses on the Frontlines

Heroic doctors, nurses and paramedics are on the frontlines, risking their lives as they treat countless wounded Israeli soldiers in Gaza.


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An Israeli Soldier's Healing Through His Mother's Eyes: Rabin Medical Center Treats Incoming War Casualties & Their Entire Rehabilitative Care

Thirty-one years ago, Debra Weiner-Solomont, made aliyah with her husband and four sons from Brookline Massachusetts. A fifth son was born soon after in Israel.


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Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Visits Rabin Medical Center

Prime Minister Bennett toured the Rabin Medical Center's Emergency Underground Hospital with Deputy Director Dr. Osnat Fono.


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Israel's Rabin Medical Center Newly Opened Rehabilitation Center Is The Future Of Healthcare

Dr. Michael Bahar, Rabin Medical Center's Director of the newly created Rehabilitation Department dedicated to war casualties, outlines how this war has changed the future of rehabilitation and post-op therapy.


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Israel's Rabin Medical Center on High Alert

The missile attack from Iran launched this weekend against Israel was meant to be retaliation against the strike in Syria that killed a top Iranian general.


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In the face of adversity and war, Israel’s Rabin Medical Center of Petach Tikvah stands as a pillar of strength. Rabin Medical Center’s Emergency and Trauma Center is the largest in the Middle East, one of only six Level One ER and trauma centers in Israel, and a pillar of defense for Israel’s security.


DONATE HERE TO SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY & TRAUMA CENTER AS IT SAVES LIVES

Recent Global Connections with Robert Siegel

AMERICA-ISRAEL PARTNERSHIP – LEADER TRIBUTES

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York:

“…that the Catholic archbishop of New York would be honored by an acclaimed hospital in Israel reflects the touching and tender climate of religious amity that radiates from this city. That Christians, Jews, Moslems, and representatives of so many diverse creeds would come together in fun, fellowship, and support of a healing center in Tel Aviv is a tribute to a religious freedom and respect for belief that is not to be taken lightly, since in most parts of the world where such an event would be thought science fiction.”


New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy:

“President John F. Kennedy is one of my heroes. And, it is he who said about Israel: “It is the child of hope … it has not been a Jewish cause – any more than Irish independence was solely the concern of Americans of Irish descent.”

I cannot think of any institution which better exemplifies this statement than the Rabin Medical Center, nor any American organization which lives this maxim than the American Friends.

Millions of people – of all faiths and all nationalities – have walked through the doors of the Rabin Medical Center with the understanding that they will be treated with dignity, by some of the best medical staff, and in one of the most-advanced health-care settings in the entire world.

The doors of the Rabin Medical Center are doors of hope.”


New York Governor Kathy Hochul:

“[Rabin Medical Center] truly also embodies the vision of someone I followed closely as a child, someone who dominated the news all the time. [ Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin] was an extraordinary individual who had a vision that we could provide services regardless of religious background, ethnicity or where people came from, that everybody was entitled to quality healthcare.

We want to make sure that people living everywhere, particularly in Israel, have access to quality healthcare, high quality healthcare at Israel’s Rabin Medical Center serving over a million people a year. And the workers there are extraordinary individuals who are filled with such compassion for their fellow man and woman, and what we saw during this pandemic was an outpouring of that love despite the risks. They showed up day after day after day, and for that we honor them. But to simply call people heroes doesn't seem like enough.

Davidoff Cancer Center Expansion

The Davidoff Cancer Center, opened in 2005, is the leading oncology center in Israel and the Middle East, treating 130,578 patients last year. Funded through the vision and generosity of the Davidoff Family and Davidoff Foundation, the hospital provides for renowned cancer experts from major hospitals abroad with funded fellowships. Due to the Center’s high demand since its establishment, a major expansion will be completed in 2022 with six new floors added to the Davidoff Center to facilitate the increased patient load. The Davidoff Center has become a place of healing for all Israelis and calls upon your support to facilitate this vital expansion.