51 Olim landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Wednesday morning 23 Sivan aboard a Nefesh B’Nefesh group Aliyah flight. Amongst the Olim were 15 future lone soldiers who went directly to a special ulpan to learn Hebrew before drafting to the IDF 51 new immigrants from the North America, including 15 soon-to-be IDF lone soldiers and other Olim ranging from 3 months of age to 91, landed this morning in Israel on a Nefesh B’Nefesh group Aliyah flight, in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah & Immigrant Absorption, the Jewish Agency, Keren Kayemeth Le’Israel, JNF-USA, Friends of the IDF (FIDF) and Tzofim-Garin Tzabar. This latest group of Olim joins more than 45,000 immigrants who arrived in Israel with the assistance of Nefesh B’Nefesh since being founded in 2002.
“This flight is the kickoff of our summer Aliyah season during which we are expecting close to 2,000 Olim to arrive from North America,” said Executive VP of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Zev Gershinsky. “The summer season is our busiest time of year as we work day and night to assist Olim throughout their Aliyah process as well as with their acclimation into Israeli society. We are especially proud to have the privilege of helping the brave young men & women who make Aliyah and later on volunteer to serve in the IDF.”
Ben Kravis, 22, of Lambertville, New Jersey plans to serve in the IDF as a combat paramedic in one of Israel’s elite units: “When I visited Poland during high school and toured the concentration camps, I completely understood and appreciated why the State of Israel is so important and necessary for the Jewish people. I wanted to be a part of protecting it. It’s awesome to support Israel from my community at home but I really wanted to be here and do the work myself,” said Kravis.
Rina Mischel, 17, from Highland Park, New Jersey wants to serve in the IDF’s canine unit, Oketz: “I come from a long line of soldiers. My grandfather fought in the Etzel, my brother served in the paratroopers during Operation Protective Edge and my uncle served in the IDF as well. On May 1st, hundreds of high school seniors across the country woke up and put on shirts that said Rutgers, UCLA, Penn, and Yale. Each proudly displaying their home for the next 4+ years of their life. That day, I proudly walked into school wearing an olive green T-shirt with yellow olive branches and the word Tzahal on it,” Mischel went on.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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If the State of Israel existed at the time, would there have been no Holocaust? Sounds like apikorsus to me
#1 , That’s not what he said, it’s what YOU’RE saying he said. Even if he did say it, why is it apikorsus? Maybe it could have been a haven and either minimized or quelled the Holocaust altogether , as per plan of H”K”B”H.
Are you a navi who can see backwards? Is it apikorsus to say that if Moshiach would have come 600 years ago, we would have been spared pogroms and holocausts? Why is EY such a bone in your throats??
Ziongate,
Everyone has a right to their opinion. I am not sure why you post on this website.
Arutz Sheva would be a better fit. I never see you post about the Ofir Winter type actions.
You tend to see one side of the equation.
Define;
Because, as you say, everybody has a right to their opinion. Except for me, I guess.I have no idea who Ofir is. Besides, it seems you only see one side on this website, and mine sees to offend you.