Today is Yom Ha’zikaron (Memorial Day for Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism), an Israeli national holiday. To remember all of Israel’s fallen soldiers, everyone will stop what they’re doing and stand still for two minutes as sirens go off throughout the whole country. It’s amazing to be in Israel at this time…
On my birthright trip we visited the grave of Michael Levin… a young jew, from Pennsylvania, and a soldier in the Paratroopers (in the Israeli Defense Force) in operations in Baalbek, Lebanon who was killed in the line of duty on August 1, 2006. An American-born Oleh (immigrant) to Israel, who knew from a young age (16) that he wanted to serve in the IDF.
This brave young man gave the greatest full measure of sacrifice for the nation and people he loved.
In Loving Memory of Michael Levin
