“How Michael Levin, who was killed 10 years ago on a Lebanese hillside, changed the Israel Defense Forces from within, by both inspiring and enabling thousands of lone soldiers to bring their passion for Israel into its ranks” [VIDEO]

Posted on August 12, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
The American-born lone soldier who out-Israelied the Israelis
by Joel Chasnoff
August 11, 2016

Interstate 95 in New Jersey. The 5 p.m. commute. Eastbound from Trenton it’s a traffic jam. But heading west, it’s open road. And as I drive past strip malls, pay-at-the-pump gas stations, a minor league ballpark, I marvel that this slice of Americana produced one of the most influential soldiers the Israel Defense Forces will ever know. As his teacher put it, “he out-Israelied the Israelis.” His death on a Lebanese hillside 10 years ago radically changed the way we Jews think about sacrifice, Zionism, and Israel. READ MORE

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1 Response to “How Michael Levin, who was killed 10 years ago on a Lebanese hillside, changed the Israel Defense Forces from within, by both inspiring and enabling thousands of lone soldiers to bring their passion for Israel into its ranks” [VIDEO]

  1. slimmingbsimcha's avatar slimmingbsimcha says:
    August 14, 2016 at 9:32 am

    This was very appropriate Tisha b’Av reading for me. Thank you for sharing. Please G-d we shouldn’t need these young men and women to sacrifice themselves any longer and there should be worldwide peace very speedily.

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