Posts Tagged: Lone Soldiers
IDF Counts 6,900 Lone Soldiers; Half Come From 73 Different Countries
The Israel Defense Forces currently include some 6,900 lone soldiers, nearly half of whom immigrated from 73 different countries. The lone soldier label applies to recruits...
IDF Chief in Rosh Hashanah Interview: Our Main Challenge Is to ‘Be Strong and Deter Our Enemies’
The main challenge facing the Israeli military is to “be strong and deter our enemies,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizekot said in...
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...
Female Israeli Lone Soldiers May Finally Get Their Home Away From Home
JNS.org - Part of the widely admired strength of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) comes from the many “lone soldiers,” who leave their homes and families...
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...
Great-Grandson of Fiercely Anti-Zionist Rabbi Joins IDF (VIDEO)
Haim Maizlish, the American-born great-grandson of a major rabbi of the New York-based Satmar rabbinic dynasty - known for it's staunch opposition to both Zionism,...
Gilad Shalit Meets With Israeli Lone Soldiers
JERUSALEM: Israeli lone soldiers - those who immigrated to Israel without their families - had the chance to meet with former abducted IDF soldier Gilad...
