Five Towns honors IDF ‘lone soldiers’

Posted Thursday, May 31, 2012 1:29 pm

Five Towns and South Shore residents pulled out all the stops to honor the local IDF lone soldiers. At left renowned criminal lawyer and Lawrence resident Ben Brafman emceed the program and FIDF National Director Major General (Retired) Yitzhak “Jerry” Gershon was the keynote speaker.

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Former Israeli Army lone soldier Zadok Durlacher, center, is now a lawyer in Israel.

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At the Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces dinner, lone soldiers, Lt. Nimrod Arat and Pvt. Fanny Sommer shared a moment of comradeship.

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The inaugural Five Towns and South Shore Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces (FIDF) fundraising dinner was held at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst on May 23.

Approximately 500 people raised more than $300,000 that will benefit the IDF’s Nahal Haredi battalion and FIDF programs.

The 36 lone soldiers honored at the Friends of Israeli Defense Forces dinner in Cedarhurst on May 23.

Leor Bareli, Woodmere, Nov. 2011 - Present

Elan Bielski, North Woodmere, June 2008-10

Matthew Bielski, North Woodmere, June 2005-07

Tuvia Book, North Woodmere, 1987-900, Combat infantry reservist

Yonah Bryk, Woodmere, March 2008-July 2009

Ariel Ginsburg, Woodmere, April 2004-Aug. 2005

Yosef Ze'ev, Lawrence, March 2011- Present

Chaim Grushko, Cedarhurst, Nov. 2005-April 2007

Ezra Grushko, Cedarhurst, Aug. 2009-May 2012

Zev Grushko, Cedarhurst, Nov. 2011- Present

Ezra Herschberg, Cedarhurst, April 2003-Jan.2004

Adam Kugelman, Woodmere, Aug. 2007- July 2008

Jeremy Kugelman, Woodmere, Mar-10 Jun-11

Ryan Kugelman, North Woodmere, Dec. 2010 - Present

Daniel Landesman, Lawrence, Aug. 2009-Nov. 2010

Bradley Legum, Lawrence, June 2008-Jan. 2011

Josh Rosenfeld, Woodmere, March 2006-Sept. 2007

Boaz Segal, Woodmere, March 2011 -Present

Haysha Shatzman, Woodmere, March 2011-Present

Daniel Sher, Lawrence, Aug. 2007-March 2009

Meir Shubowitz, Woodmere, Dec. 2009 - Present

Sarit Skiddell, Hewlett, 2002-04

Elanit Skiddell Hewlett 2005-07

Jacob Steinblatt, North Woodmere, Oct. 2011- Present

Eli Steinfeld, Woodmere, March 2010-June 2011

Eliezer Waltuch, Woodmere, March 2012 – Present

Ari Weiss, Far Rockaway, Aug. 10 – Present

Aron Weinberg, Bayswater, June 2005-2010

Yaakov Cohen, West Hempstead, May 2009-11

Beth Finkelman, West Hempstead, Oct. 2009-Sept. 2011

Arieh Friedman, West Hempstead, March 2011 – Present

Miriam Moshkowski, Merrick, Nov. 2011 – Present

Joshua Gelb, Merrick, Dec. 2009-June 2011

Eli Matthew, Merrick, April 2012 – Present

Josh Orenbuch, West Hempstead, March 2011 – Present

Mordecia Tryfus, West Hempstead, Dec. 2011 - Present

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