UPDATE 11:10PM: Hatzolah of Central Jersey announced tonight the addition of 22 new members to its dedicated team of lifesaving EMTs and paramedics. These recruits, hailing from neighborhoods across Hatzolah’s more than 150-square-mile coverage area, are committed to providing compassionate, high-quality care to the region’s growing kehillos.

Each of the new members will now begin Hatzolah’s intensive training program, designed to equip responders with the skills and knowledge needed to uphold the organization’s gold standard of emergency care.

The addition of these 22 new EMTs is part of Hatzolah’s ongoing effort to strengthen operations and ensure that every emergency call is answered with speed, professionalism, and compassion across our entire coverage area that now spans 350 square miles.

“We’re always working to keep response times low and quality of care high,” said a Hatzolah captain. “These new members are ready to do the hard work it takes to earn the community’s trust. We look forward to watching them grow into outstanding responders.”

See below for a full list of the new members and their locations.

Original story below:

Hatzolah of Central Jersey will be accepting approximately 20 new members to keep up with the explosive growth, TLS has learned.

The new members are from Lakewood and surrounding towns.

Last year, the organization added 12 new members, and in 2023 they added 25 members.

Hatzolah CJ now operates approximately 17 ambulances, multiple paramedic units, and has over 200 members consisting of dispatchers, EMTs Paramedics, PAs, RNs, NPs, psychologists, social workers and physicians.

The members are expected to be added by next week.

L401: Yisroel Shteirman: Lives Ocean Ave, Lakewood & Works Airport Rd, Lakewood

L402: Yudi Hess: Lives Flair, Jackson & Works East County Line, Lakewood

L403: Yossi Ackerman: Lives & works Blue River, Lakewood

L404: Yitzi Stern: Lives Oak & Vine, Lakewood & works Ave of Americas, Lakewood

L405: Baruch Adler: Lives & Works Prospect Street, Lakewood

L406: Dovi Brunner: Lives & Works The Landings, Toms River

L407: Yoni Cohen: Lives Coventry, Lakewood & Works New Hampshire & Oak, Lakewood

L408: Dovid Feig: Lives & Works Oak & Vine, Lakewood

L409: Asher Leiser: Lives S. Brewers Bridge, Jackson & Works Home & Howell

L410: Ari Friedman: Lives & Works Chestnut, Lakewood

L411: Dov Gabioff: Lives Monmouth Views, Howell & Works W. County Line, Lakewood/Jackson

L412: Eliezer Gewirtzman: Lives & Works Spruce Street, Lakewood

L413: Chaim Goldberg: Lives Tanglewood, Howell & Works Center of Lakewood

L414: Shua Lieber: Lives Mapleshade, Toms River & Works Hasc, Brooklyn

L415: Betzalel Link: Lives & Works Chesterfield, Lakewood

L416: Shloimy Milworm: Lives Rubashkin area, Jackson & Works Mantoloking, Brick

L417: Yitzchok Rosenberg: Lives 1st Street, Lakewood & works Towbin Ave, Lakewood

L418: Eli Hassan: Lives & works Majestic Woods, Jackson

L419: Yeedle Schwartz: Lives North Maple, Toms River & works Chestnut/Cross, Lakewood

L420: Yoel Statfeld: Lives Tallymawr, Toms River & Works Oak Glen, Howell

L421: Yehuda Zucker: Lives Monmouth Manor, Howell & Works Swarthmore, Lakewood

L422: Shia Reches: Lives Hickory Pines, Toms River & Toms River