Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 17, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 17, 2015
59 lone soldiers on route to Israel
Two hundred and thirty-two new olim to Israel from the United States and Canada leave New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter aliyah flight. Fifty-nine of the new immigrants are set to join the Israel Defense Forces as lone soldiers.
The passengers on the flight include 29 families with their 75 children, as well as 9 couples and 86 singles.
Young American ‘olim’ who plan to enlist in the IDF as lone soldiers, August 17, 2015 (Nefesh B’Nefesh)
