Israel – 200 New Immigrants From North America Touch Down At Ben Gurion; 59 ‘Lone’ IDF Soldiers Among Group

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    About 59 young Jews seen upon their landing at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport, as they immigrate to Israel to enlist in the IDF, on August 18, 2015. The lone soldiers to-be are among over 200 new immigrants to Israel that landed today. Photo by Flash90 *Israel – On Tuesday, over 200 new immigrants from North America touched down at Ben Gurion Airport aboard a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, including 59 young men and women who will enlist in the IDF as ‘lone soldiers’ under the Garin Tzabar program.

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    The arrival of the group, which included 29 families and 86 single men and women, was made possible through efforts by Nefesh B’Nefesh, the Immigration Absorption Ministry, the Jewish Agency, and the Jewish National Fund.

    59 of the young adults are slated to join the already 850 ‘lone soldiers” (soldiers without families in Israel) currently serving from the U.S., among them 22 year-old New Yorker Aron Wander who said it has been his dream since the age of 11 to join the naval commando unit Shayetet 13.

    “The events of last summer during Operation Protective Edge only reinforced my decision,” Wander said. “My family and friends are worried about me, but I want to be a true part of Israel and enlist in the IDF.”

    Israeli musician Idan Reichel greets newcomers to Israel with a performance at the Ben Gurion Airport. About 59 young Jews seen upon their landing at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport, as they immigrate to Israel to enlist in the IDF, on August 18, 2015. The lone soldiers to-be are among over 200 new immigrants to Israel that landed today. Photo by Flash90


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    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    8 years ago

    People who do not know how to salute ought not to try.

    Berel13
    Berel13
    8 years ago

    #1 You should be saluting them.

    54321
    54321
    8 years ago

    Why would someone be making aliyah especially someone religious when the Israeli government is too scared to protect its people and its land?

    8 years ago

    to # 4. VERY WELL SAID!!!!!!!!!!

    hashomer
    hashomer
    8 years ago

    Amazing. These secular American Jews voluntarily join the IDF while Charedi in Israel are AWOL.

    hashomer
    hashomer
    8 years ago

    Barry LS1, please re-read my post. I said nothing about frum Americans making aliyah or joining the IDF. I’M sure they do, but again, they do so when charedi in EY dodge.

    ActualJew
    ActualJew
    8 years ago

    Yasher koach and G dspeed to them. Arab websites are apoplectic on this. It seems they might be jealous of the nature of Jewish devotion to Israel and IDF.