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Some Highlights:

Heroism in Action

On October 7th, First Sergeant Shlomo
Dema, a combat medic, had just completed
his B.Sc. in Computer Science at HAC and was
working at his new job as a programmer with the
Israeli Tax Authority. He would not have been
called up to fight because of a previous injury, but
he was determined to join his unit in the heart of
Gaza. When a grenade went off, gravely injuring
him in all four limbs, Shlomo managed to stay
conscious, instructing the other soldiers how
to treat him until the evacuation team arrived.
“Despite the excruciating pain, I tried not to
scream so the other soldiers wouldn’t get too
stressed,” he said during a television interview
from his bed in the new rehabilitation center at
Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus. Shlomo
has since undergone seven operations on his
lungs and limbs as well as skin transplants. We
wish him a speedy and full recovery.

Commemorative Wall at HAC Remembering
The Fallen

HAC's administration, in cooperation with
the Student Union, recently established a
commemorative wall on campus in memory of
HAC faculty and students who were killed in the
horrific attack of October 7th, and during Swords
of Iron.

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