Posts Tagged: lone soldiers Israel
New Initiative ‘Operation Hug’ Reunites Parents Abroad With Lone IDF Soldiers in Israel-Hamas War
A new initiative launched by a group of Jewish organizations provides hundreds of free round-trip airline tickets to Israel from around the world for one...
Defending Israel With Our Lives
This past week, I visited Israel together with my wife Sabine — and it was a truly exhilarating experience. Although this was hardly our first visit...
When the IDF Lone Soldier Experience Becomes a Family Affair
JNS.org - Unlike the 18-year-old Israeli in the next bunk, nobody is drafting or forcing the enlistment of the IDF’s American, French, British, Canadian, Swiss, South...
Future Soldiers Leave ‘Comfort’ of North America to Defend Israel
JNS.org - Dozens of future IDF soldiers from North America immigrated to Israel this week, arriving on an El Al flight chartered by the Nefesh B’Nefesh...
Survey: Vast Majority of IDF Lone Soldiers See Their future in Israel
JNS.org - Ninety percent of Israel Defense Forces lone soldiers (those without immediate family living in Israel) who have completed their military service see their futures...
420 Lone IDF Soldiers Attend Special Communal Passover Seder
JNS.org - More than 400 "lone soldiers" were invited to a special Passover Seder in the Israeli city of Hadera sponsored by the Israel...
IDF Lone Soldier Who Survived Cancer Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
JNS.org - Rotem Chiprut, a cancer survivor and an Israel Defense Forces lone soldier (a member of the army without parents in Israel), last...
Amid Instability in Israel, FIDF Galas Across U.S. Raise Funds for Soldiers’ Wellbeing
JNS.org - At a time when Israel faces an increasingly unstable security situation—including recent vehicular attacks on Jerusalem's light rail stations, stabbings, tension at...
