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Texas. He also served as a 
paratrooper in the IDF.
“We are going to fight 
back and the IDF will win. 
We’ll rebuild,” he says. 
“We’re determined. We have 
no choice. This is our only 
homeland, and it will remain 
our homeland.”
FIDF provides financial 
and educational support, 
helps wounded soldiers and 
bereaved families, assists 
Lone Soldiers who have no 
immediate family in Israel, 
and creates environments 
where soldiers can relax, 
connect with others, observe 
holidays and more. 
“Tens of thousands of 
soldiers and reservists are 
on the front lines, facing 
an unprecedented and 
harrowing conflict,” reads 
a message on the FIDF 
website. “FIDF is the sole 

organization designated 
by the IDF in the United 
States to collect donations 
for its soldiers. As their 
true and only partners, 
FIDF is responding to 
their most urgent needs for 
humanitarian support, which 
currently include armored 

ambulances, field hospitals, 
plasma and other lifesaving 
supplies.”
Oppenheim is dedicating 
every waking moment to 
assisting those in Israel and 
checking in on his sister 
and so many loved ones and 
friends trying to heal and 

overcome the trauma. He 
says the constant messages 
of support he’s receiving are 
keeping him going. 

“Every holiday at the 
kibbutzim people sit together 
in the main dining room. 
Can you imagine sitting 
around the table and you 
know on every side of the 
table someone is missing 
who won’t be there anymore? 
I hope my people will be able 
to find a way to live their 
life,” he said. 

“Thank you to the Jewish 
community — the great 
people of Detroit — for being 
such a supportive community 
to Israel every day and now 
during the war.” 

To learn more or support Friends of 

the Israel Defense Forces, visit fidf.org. 

 
See a related story on page 59.

Tamir as a child (second from left) with friends at Kibbutz Be’eri

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