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Rabbi Eliyahu Merav speaks during funeral of his stepson Yosef Cohen on Demcember 14, 2018. Two soldiers, Yosef Cohen and Yuval Mor Yosef, were killed in a shooting terror attack at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Givat Assaf, in the West Bank, the day before. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
December 14, 2018, 10:06 pm
A soldier’s death brings grief to Israeli army’s fervently religious battalion
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers, many who serve in the Netzah Yehuda battalion, often experience challenges of ostracism from their families and social pressure not to join the IDF
By Sam Sokol
American IDF veteran Jonathan Leibovits (center) in Syria fighting alongside YPG forges against IS jihadists in 2016. (screen capture: Channel 10)
July 22, 2018, 2:30 am
Ex-IDF soldier from California sneaked into Syria to fight Islamic State
Jonathan Leibovits says training from his days in the Givati Brigade helped prepare him for battle to capture key city of Manbij from jihadists
By TOI staff
Rony Yedidia Clein
July 19, 2018, 2:05 pm
Rony Yedidia Clein
40 years in Israel
Ulpan, army, kibbutz, moshav, and the public-private life of a diplomat… Israel has changed; so have I
Alex Singer, Michael Levin, Max Steinberg, three fallen IDF lone soldiers, who were commemorated at a ceremony in Jerusalem on April 17, 2018. (courtesy)
April 18, 2018, 6:34 pm
Fallen lone soldiers mourned as tiny Goliaths, true Zionists, talented artists
The mothers of two American-born IDF soldiers remember their sons, along with comrade of a third, at an English-language Memorial Day ceremony
By Judah Ari Gross
Elisa Levin Mindlin, sister of lone soldier Michael Levin who died in the Second Lebanon War in 2006, tells stories about her brother at an English language Memorial Day ceremony at Ammunition Hill on April 30, 2017. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
April 17, 2018, 8:10 pm
English-language Memorial Day event livestreamed for third year
Organized by Jerusalem’s Lone Soldier Center in memory of Michael Levin, event allows English-speakers in Israel and abroad to feel part of Israel’s national day of mourning
By TOI staff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (L) and Immigration Absorption Minister Sofa Landver (R) pose for a picture with lone soldiers at an event in Tel Aviv on January 25, 2018. (Flash90)
March 14, 2018, 7:45 pm
Army found struggling to help ‘lone soldiers’; IDF: We’re working on it
New report details myriad ways military is failing to address needs of troops with no family support in Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Yonason Goldson
December 15, 2017, 12:09 pm
Yonason Goldson
The soldier with really good table manners
The IDF has trained my son to respond to the unexpected, and navigate his way through life’s obstacles
Lone soldier dance at a Thanksgiving dinner event in Tel Aviv on November 23, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
November 24, 2017, 3:46 pm
40 turkeys, 1,000 troops, 2 MKs, lots of beer at lone soldier Thanksgiving meal
MKs Naftali Bennett and Michael Oren stop by the Michael Levin Lone Soldier Center’s dinner, but attendees say the real draw is the food, the brews and the dancing
By Judah Ari Gross
Brett Loewenstern
October 13, 2017, 5:26 pm
Brett Loewenstern
Bipolar disorder shattered my IDF dream
It never crossed my mind that my condition would inhibit my peace of mind, but I was tormented every day
Brenda Stein Dzaldov
September 15, 2017, 2:10 pm
Brenda Stein Dzaldov
Me, my daughter, and IDF Heblish
When learning the army’s lingo is a labor of love
Marc Goldberg
September 13, 2017, 1:06 pm
Marc Goldberg
When I fought in the al-Aqsa Intifada
‘I remember being shot at. I remember being shot at quite a few times.’
Eight of the nine winners of the 2017 Israel Prize pose at Jerusalem‘s International Convention Center on May 2, 20107. From left: Yosef Yarden, Arie Vardi, David Beeri, Nili Cohen (behind), Agnes Keleti, Naftali Bennett, Zvika Levy (in wheelchair), and Uri Shaked. Not shown: Yehuda Liebes and Malka Margalit. (Shlomi Amsalem)
May 3, 2017, 2:00 am
Nine outstanding Israelis awarded Israel Prize
Among recipients are father of lone soldiers, the man behind the renovated City of David and a former Olympic athlete
By Sue Surkes
Sally Berkovic
April 28, 2017, 3:27 pm
Sally Berkovic
Parenting a lone soldier
When orphans marry, it’s small wonder that their child finds a large clan in the Jewish people
David Be‘eri, director of the City of David archeological park. (YouTube screenshot)
March 16, 2017, 7:38 pm
Controversial ‘builder’ of Jewish East Jerusalem awarded Israel Prize
David Be‘eri, who manages City of David in Silwan neighborhood, wins prestigious award despite being criticized for helping Jews settle in Arab areas of capital
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of Sofa Landver, Minister of Immigrant Absorption, and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh with Lone Soldiers, February 2017. (Shahar Azran/Nefesh B'Nefesh)
March 7, 2017, 3:16 pm
Parents of lone soldiers to get cheap airfare to Israel
Nefesh B’Nefesh and El Al offer subsidized tickets to help parents attend ceremonies for sons or daughters in the IDF
By TOI staff
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