“Just as the Israeli media wouldn’t dream of airing any content not somehow linked to the war, I hold Mishpacha to the same standards — and higher”
Thank you for your coverage of the current situation in Israel. I enjoyed reading the articles written by and about Israeli moms of soldiers. I would like to bring awareness to your readership of a different kind of mom who is greatly affected by the current events in Israel.
I’m a mom of a lone soldier.
For those that don’t know, a lone soldier is a person who moves from a different country to Israel and voluntarily drafts into the army. My son was 19 years old when he decided to make aliyah and join the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He had no friends and no family in Israel, and was not fluent in conversational Hebrew when he chose to make aliyah back in 2021. Over the course of the past two and a half years, my son has learned to speak Hebrew fluently and has been drafted into an army unit that is currently stationed outside of Gaza.
I’m not minimizing the anguish and worry of Israeli moms of soldiers by sharing my story, and I really hope my letter does not offend any Israeli moms of soldiers. However, I just want to compare the life of an Israeli soldier to a lone soldier. For example, when an Israeli soldier is given a 24-hour leave from his guard post or base during the war, he can go home to his family. He will be greeted with open arms by his mother, given a hot meal made with love, and will go back to base with clean laundry.
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