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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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