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Sat,May 12,2012
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From the USA to the IDF
Sunday May 06, 2012
During my IDF service, I had the opportunity to serve within heart of Israel, the current political area known as the West Bank, the biblical lands of Yisrael. My base waslocated down the road and around the mountain from the ancient city of Shehem, or Nablus in English. From the middle of October, following my draft's ascension to the Tzanhanim brigade itself, we were stationed in Shehem. It was our "kav" assignment,...
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Friday Jan 13, 2012
The car horns went off all around us, the drivers offering their encouragement for us to press on for the final leg of our journey. We were in our fifteenth hour of the hike. The sun had risen hours ago, loosening up our limbs from the frigid night and awakening a newfound enthusiasm we all desperately needed to finish the ordeal.
At five in the afternoon on Monday, I started my masa kumtah, the beret hike. It’s the...
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Sunday Nov 13, 2011
A friend of mine recently went skydiving back in the States. She excitedly posted it on Facebook and received a comment, “why would anyone want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?” That’s a fair question--for someone doing it for sport and thrills. Then there are those of us who do it because it is our job, because we decided to come to Israel, sign up for the IDF, and get into Tzanchanim, the...
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Sunday Aug 28, 2011
Ideas becoming reality can be an exciting and frightful thing. Over a year ago, I had the idea to come join the IDF. In December, I donned the uniform for the first time. In March, I joined Tzanchanim, the paratroopers. For most of basic training, we fired weapons on the shooting range, practiced drills in the field without ammunition, and learned what it means and what is necessary to be a soldier. Still, all just...
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Tuesday Jul 26, 2011
I finished basic training in the Israel Defense Force. It wasn’t easy and it wasn’t always fun. But the past seven months are done! Done with the punishment pushups, twenty-second sprints, static presses, constant saluting and calls to attention. Well, it’s still the military so we will certainly respect our commanders, but perhaps punishment will be less.
Someone in my company said it best: “...
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About This Blog
This is the journey and experiences of an American Jew fighting for the State of Israel as a lone soldier in the Israel Defense Forces.
This is the journey and experiences of an American Jew fighting for the State of Israel as a lone soldier in the Israel Defense Forces.
