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OUR COMMUNITY
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months and, while I studied,
others were protecting me,
”
Wolfe said. “I enjoyed that
privilege and wanted to give
back. Later on in life, I want to
look back and have no regrets
that I did not take this time in
my life to take on this oppor-
tunity. So far, I’m a better per-
son for it.
”
BASIC TRAINING
Training for Wolfe has been a
“formative experience” filled
with long-night treks weighted
down with a full pack, some-
times in the rain and mud.
He said he worked hard to
prove himself to become the
best at his gun in his brigade.
After basic training, his service
during the pandemic included
working at checkpoints located
not along the West Bank but
in Jerusalem neighborhoods
to help enforce one of the
country’s several nationwide
lockdowns.
“IDF training is a lot of hard
work,
” Wolfe said. “
As you go
through the daily routines, it
may be painful, but you come
to understand that this service
will make you a better person
for yourself and the Jewish
people as you work to protect
the Jewish State. Through
training, you become a more
capable person for yourself
and those around you who
are depending on you. Even if
you are marching in the rain
through mud, you are with
your best friends, and that
makes it worthwhile.
”
Yossi Nadel, 20, grew up in
Southfield where his family
belongs to Young Israel of
Southfield, as do the families
of Selesny and Wolfe. He also
attended Bnei Akiva youth
group. Brought up in these
Zionist circles of the Jewish
community and having close
family ties in Israel, it was only
natural that he wanted to serve
in the IDF when he became of
age, Nadel said.
“Each week in shul, we
said a prayer for the IDF, and
the rabbi would announce
anyone in the community
who was serving,
” said Nadel,
whose older brother and other
friends also served in the IDF
and made aliyah.
Nadel said serving in the
IDF is not always about weap-
ons training but contributing
to the base community such as
staying behind to clean up or
work kitchen duty. While not
every mission is “grand,
” he
said the power of positive atti-
tude he learned in his service
will stay with him for a lifetime
and will allow him to meet any
challenge that will arise.
“What impresses me so
much is how much the army
cares for its soldiers,
” Nadel said.
“
As a Lone Soldier, they
were so supportive of me
spending extra time with my
family after not seeing them
for a year. They really care for
a Lone Soldier’s personal and
financial well-being.
”
“THROUGH TRAINING,
YOU BECOME A MORE
CAPABLE PERSON.”
— ELIJAH WOLFE
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