PHOTOS: COURTESY OF FIDF
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Friends of Israel
Locals learn about FIDF missions.
ZACH WALLENS
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
ABOVE: FIDF Michigan Chapter Board Member Mira
Eisenberg, together with her husband, Leo, hosted a
gathering to learn about FIDF missions to Israel and Poland.
TOP: Oak Park native Max Kresch, a former Lone Soldier in
the Israel Defense Forces, shared his experience serving as
a combat medic of the Special Forces unit, Egoz.
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M
ira and Leo
Eisenberg
recently hosted at
their West Bloomfield home
a gathering of special guests
and members of the Detroit
Jewish community to learn
about Friends of the Israel
Defense Forces (FIDF)
missions to Israel and
Poland, and its educational
and well-being programs
for Israel Defense Forces
(IDF) soldiers.
Among the prominent
guests was Brig. Gen. (Res.) Gila Klifi-Amir, a
trailblazer and pioneer for women in the military
throughout her 30-year career with the IDF.
During the event, she shared her experience
leading the FIDF’s Women’s Mission to Israel, at
which participants met female IDF officers and
soldiers, female members of the Knesset and
extraordinary women leaders of Israel’s business
sector.
Speaking at the event were FIDF Michigan
Chapter Board Member Mira Eisenberg, who
spoke of her experience in Israel on FIDF’s
National Leadership Mission; Oak Park native
Max Kresch, a former Lone Soldier — one who
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immigrates to Israel without
immediate family in order
to serve in the IDF — who
shared his IDF experience
serving as a combat medic of
the Special Forces unit, Egoz;
and Barak Leibovitz, who
experienced an emotional and
life-changing visit to Poland
and Israel with his father,
Arie Leibovitz, a Holocaust
survivor and FIDF Michigan
Chapter executive committee
board member.
“FIDF missions are unlike
any other,” said FIDF Michigan Director Paula
Lebowitz. “Participants journey through history,
society and culture, taking in the iconic highlights
of each destination while gaining a unique
perspective from those who are willing to sacrifice
their lives to protect those very landmarks.”
Upcoming FIDF missions include FIDF Ride
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