He was just 21. His life story mirrored mine. Now I’m mourning him with hostage families in Tel Aviv.
The suffering of Omer Neutra's family should be a wake-up call for the Israeli government
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Fast Forward Hundreds in Israel mourn American ‘lone soldier’ Jordan Cooper who died after allergic reaction
Cooper, a Pennsylvanian who moved to Israel in 2018, had returned after Oct. 7 and served 200 days in the reserves
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News In Israel, a new habit: Attending funerals of fallen soldiers you do not know
“There’s an aspect of death in Israel that is communal”
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Fast Forward Weeks ago he was a Columbia University undergrad. Now this American leads an IDF squad near Gaza.
For about 30 minutes a day, David Ben-Naim gets phone time to update his family in California on his well-being
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Opinion I fought for Israel as a lone soldier. Now I fight for it as a protestor
The same Zionist values inspired me to move to Israel, and to resist Netanyahu's immoral judicial overhaul
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Fast Forward American Soldiers In Israel Get The Help They Really Need On ‘Errands Day’
Lone Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces were helped out and shown appreciation on Thursday for “Yom Siddurim,” or Personal Errands Day. Nefesh B’Nefesh and Friends of the Israel Defense Forces hosted the sixth annual event, in which several agencies help lone soldiers, someone without immediate family in Israel who enlists in the IDF, check…
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Fast Forward Tzvika Levy, ‘Father Of Lone Soldiers,’ Dies At 70
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Tzvika Levy, known as the “father of lone soldiers,” has died. Levy, who received the Israel Prize for Life Achievement last year for his work advocating for lone soldiers and the families of killed Israeli soldiers, died on Saturday at the age of 70. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS,…
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Israel News Why American ‘Lone Soldiers’ Are Still Eager To Join Israel’s Army
In July 2014, following the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers, the Israel Defense Forces began a major ground invasion of Gaza, dubbed Operation Protective Edge. American Jews an app that notifies users of every rocket fired into Israeli territory. On day 13 of the war, Max Steinberg, an American-born IDF soldier, was killed…
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