Tag: Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
FIDF Delivers Emergency Packages To Quarantined IDF Soldiers
During the week of Sukkot, FIDF has been distributing tens of thousands of nourishing meals, personal hygiene kits, and other products.
120 New Olim Expected in Israel over the Next 48 Hours
Since the beginning of April 2020, 3,495 Aliyah applications were submitted to Nefesh B’Nefesh.
IDF Lone Soldiers Use ‘Yom Sidurim’ to Get Driver’s License, Others Check Out Schools,...
“Military service in the IDF is difficult and challenging for every soldier, and even more so for Lone Soldiers."
NYC National FIDF Gala Raises More than $32 Million for Israeli Soldiers
IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot was expected in attendance as well, but due to an early-morning rocket attack on Beer Sheva on Wednesday, he immediately returned to Israel.
FIDF NY Fashion Event Features Former Israeli Soldiers as Models
The Fashion for Philanthropy event, hosted by the FIDF Tri-State Region, brought together FIDF friends and supporters, as well as models who served in the IDF.
5,000 IDF Lone Soldiers Splash into Water Park ‘Fun Day’
Some 7,000 Lone Soldiers from 80 countries serve in the IDF.
Wounded Israeli Combat Vet in Ohio Bike Ride for IDF Soldiers
Gabay lost his left leg below the knee after he stepped on a landmine during his military service.
Chicago Founder of Scholarships for IDF Veterans Meets 1,500 New Students
Buffalo Grove founder Albert Frank met some 1,500 Israeli veterans whose educations are being sponsored by scholarship program he founded.
Birthright for Parents of Lone Soldiers
Naftali Bennett: Israel will bring parents of lone soldiers to Israel to visit their children and see Israel.
Bennett in Atlanta: Holocaust the Price We Paid for Not Having a State
There are an estimated 6,400 Lone Soldiers from 80 countries serving in the IDF today. About 880 of them are American.
Holocaust Survivor, 86, Returning to Auschwitz with IDF Officers
'I never wished to return to that place of our degradation and annihilation, but to return in the company of our noblest, bravest of the brave – our IDF soldiers, makes my spirit soar with pride and hope.'
FIDF NY Gala Postponed for First Time Ever over Blizzard Watch
FIDF’s flagship national event in New York has never been postponed before in the organization’s 36-year history.
‘Lone Soldiers’ Get a Treat in ‘Fun Day’ At Water Park
The Friends of the IDF and the military pitched in to let 5,000 lone soldiers, including hundreds of Americans, cool off from the summer heat.