by jshyman123 | Oct 21, 2015 | News
As anti-Israel sentiment boils over on US college campuses, LIBI USA has partnered with Chabad on Campus International and Our Soldiers Speak, a non-profit organization, to battle this plague by bringing IDF soldiers to speak at campuses and communities around the US....
by jshyman123 | Sep 29, 2015 | News
With 57 countries allowing dual citizenship, the IDF is thankfully finding an increase in foreign recruitment. With more than 5,500 lone soldiers presently serving in both combat and administrative positions in the Israeli army, the IDF has made special efforts to...
by jshyman123 | Sep 16, 2015 | News
As Yom Kippur approaches on September 23, 2015, we remember the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Approximately twenty-seven thousand IDF soldiers fell during this war which was initiated by Egypt and Syria. Though the fallen must always be remembered, the miracles which occurred...
by jshyman123 | Aug 17, 2015 | News
The victims of last summer’s war with Gaza were memorialized on August 12 in a special LIBI Fund sponsored event at the Western Wall in Jerusalem at which 75 Torah scrolls were dedicated in their memory. Israeli officials, including President Reuven Rivlin, Defense...
by jshyman123 | Aug 3, 2015 | News
This week, Israel hit its hottest day in five-years. Sweltering temperatures throughout the country would be an understatement. “When people are hot, they can choose to sit in the shade or enjoy indoor air-conditioning,” reflected Dr. John A.I. Grossman, LIBI USA...
by jshyman123 | Jul 7, 2015 | News
One year ago, on July 8, 2014, Israel’s defensive Gaza war, Operation Protective Edge began. During the 50 days of fighting, few regions from central Israel to the South escaped the sound of blaring sirens urging citizens to run to their bomb shelters. With the war...