New center in Israel provides support services for lone soldiers The Lone Soldiers Program Resilience Center is an initiative of Nefesh B’Nefesh and Friends of the IDF, in partnership with Sheba Medical Center. JNS Staff Feb. 26, 2025
Nefesh B’Nefesh opens Tel Aviv aliyah center The facility's mission is to help olim, including 3,500 lone soldiers from more than 70 countries. JNS Staff Nov. 14, 2024
Philanthropy to Israel at all-time high following Oct. 7 The JFNA emergency fund's initial goal of $500 million was surpassed in less than two weeks. Etgar Lefkovits Feb. 13, 2024
Friends of the IDF ships 150 tons of winter clothing, gear to troops The effort involved the purchase and delivery of 2,647,013 items, such as thermal clothing and sleeping bags. Dec. 22, 2023
Wartime giving So many needs—where do you donate, and how do you make sure your money gets there? Judith Segaloff Nov. 13, 2023
State-of-the-art building for lone soldiers breaks ground in Israel The new home will provide housing for 222 lone soldiers beginning in December 2024. Sept. 8, 2023
20 siblings of fallen soldiers arrive in US for summer-camp experience Six of the 10 counselors are IDF soldiers in their last year of military service who also lost loved ones and attended the same program when they were b’nai mitzvah age. July 14, 2023
Showing gratitude to the IDF, the modern-day Maccabees Israel’s very existence is itself a contemporary miracle, yet much of the world doesn’t seem to appreciate how precarious that survival is and how much it relies on the laudable bravery of the young men and women of the IDF to protect it. Rabbi Steven Weil Dec. 21, 2022
Jewish influencers and Israeli soldiers to light Hanukkah candles together Friends of the IDF campaign, “Live the Miracle,” is a strong statement against antisemitism. Dec. 15, 2022
