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Rabbi Avraham Manela is a prominent leader in Israeli Jewish communal, emergency services, and public health organizations. He serves as Chairman of MDA's Executive Board in Israel and as CEO of Chevra Kadisha Tel Aviv, the Jewish burial society responsible for ritual burials and funeral arrangements in the city, a role documented as of 2015 and confirmed in official contexts such as bioethics panels. In this capacity, he has been involved in organizational leadership intersecting with groups like ZAKA, which handles disaster victim identification. Rabbi Manela contributed expertise to national policy during crises, serving as a member of the joint commission of the Israel National Bioethics Council, the Ethics Bureau of the Israel Medical Association, and Israeli Ministry of Health representatives. This panel authored the 'Israeli Position Paper: Triage Decisions for Severely Ill Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic,' reflecting his influence in ethical decision-making for emergency medical scenarios. His work bridges religious observance with public health and emergency response in Israel, emphasizing traditional Jewish practices alongside modern bioethics.