Friends of the IDF
The majority of the new arrivals hailed from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and California.
The new recruits come from America, Canada, Russia, France, Australia, Latin America, Ukraine, England, South Africa, Thailand, Germany, Italy, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, India, Georgia, Sweden, Holland, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Holland, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan.
The IDF Musical Ensemble will perform with Eden Alene, an active soldier who will represent Israel in the next Eurovision Song Contest.
Holocaust survivor Bronia Brandman, 89, of New York, served as the keynote speaker for the online event.
The deliveries are part of the Identity and Purpose Program, which provides spiritual items and activities focused on Jewish identity, traditions and holidays.
“While we won’t be able to have our son with us for Passover this year, we know that he is staying safe and is in good hands with the IDF,” said Jordana, the parent of lone soldier Ari from Michigan.
Its staff in Israel is distributing hygiene kits, yoga mats, gym equipment, packages of snacks and more to soldiers, and is working closely with the IDF to support the their well-being and needs.
The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces brought messages of hope and light—and 17,000 jelly-filled doughnuts traditionally eaten on Hanukkah—to various IDF units throughout the country.
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces are providing High Holiday gift cards to some 9,000 soldiers in need and lone soldiers serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
This year marks the seventh annual event, which will wind through 18 Druze villages.
The synagogue, along with a Torah scroll used by Israeli soldiers, was destroyed on the Kissufim Base by a Hamas rocket in early May.
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces distributed personal-care supplies to soldiers mobilized to serve near Gaza following a spike in Hamas rocket attacks and continued Palestinian protests.