| Sumario: | A study was conducted to examine how volunteers from Zaka, a Jewish ultra-Orthodox organization that identifies victims of disaster in Israel, explain their work. Data were obtained from interviews, observations, films, and documentary analysis. Findings revealed that during and after terror attacks, Zaka volunteers legitimated their participation through the use of religious terms and concepts, a process that allowed them to justify the regathering of body parts, the soaking of blood, and the recomposition of corpses. Findings indicate that as new agents in the sphere of public death, Zaka volunteers turn their own private expressions of religion into public performances and, by doing so, contribute to the re-sacralization and re-collectivization of realms that have been subject to extensive privatization and secularization. Findings are discussed in detail.
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