“As far as I’m concerned, I haven’t finished serving my country.” The young soldier from Holon could have joined “Shayetet 13” (the Naval Commandos), but he chose to follow his brother’s footsteps and serve in the “Giv’ati Brigade.” He had completed an NCO course, and took part in ‘Operation Protective
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Ron Halevi
There are healthy people who always will complain about how difficult things are. They go on about their pains and weaknesses. But there are also those who were born fighters, those who will remain as such their entire lives – no matter what happens to them. One of these born fighters is 21-year-old Ron Halevi from Kibbutz Gesher in northern Israel.
Emanuel Aminof
Looking forward to each day “There’s not a single thing that a two-handed person can do that I can’t.” Emanuel Aminof, 23, lost his right hand in a military exercise that went terribly wrong in the Jordan Valley on January 13, 2010, Three tanks training with infantry forces were simulating
Adi Deutsch
Everything is possible “Don’t give up on your dreams—if you have faith, everything is possible.” Today, Adi Deutsch runs marathons and competes as a triathlete. In November, he completed the 2015 New York City Marathon in three hours and 54 minutes. Adi Deutsch served in the Special Reconnaissance Unit of
Haran Wolfovitz Yaffe
Miracles do happen. Just ask Haran Wolfovitz Yaffe. No one thought he would live after being badly wounded just six days before the end of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Now he is traveling the world raising funds for wounded soldiers, and particularly for Israel’s Zahal Disabled Veterans-Beit Halochem.
Matan Berman
Seeing a future after so long “As we moved forward, the explosive devices and booby traps we had not detected blew up … one of these explosions changed my life forever.” Yom Ha’atzmaut is the time to celebrate Israel’s independence. It is also a time for us to remember the
Shai Haim
The Golden Boy Strength comes in many forms. There are the physically strong – you see them building up their muscles in the gym, or jogging early mornings along our streets; there are the spiritually strong, who maintain faith in G-d despite hardship and tragedy; there are those who display