14 May 17 • 2018 jn

Soldiers Among

UsLong before Israel became a state, Detroiters

supported and worked for the dream of creating

a Jewish homeland. And many among us have

put themselves on the line as members of the

Israel Defense Forces to protect and preserve

the Jewish state.

These former and current IDF members are

Israelis now living in Metro Detroit and Americans

who believed so strongly in serving the Jewish

nation that many volunteered as Lone Soldiers,

those without family in Israel.

At Israel’s 70th anniversary, we salute some of

those in our midst who served in the IDF. •

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Sgt. Maj. Aron Zoldan of West

Bloomfield, Givati Brigade, 1950-52

Arik Ragowsky of Farmington

Hills, tank commander, 1970-

1973; photo taken during

Yom Kippur War just before

crossing the Suez Canal.

Cpl. Chloe Schwartz of West

Bloomfield currently serves in

the Israeli Air Force as a dog

handler. She is a Lone Soldier and

a 2016 graduate of Frankel Jewish

Academy.

William Cooper of West

Bloomfield was a Lone Soldier

who served from 2014-2015 as

a marksman/pointman in the

932nd Infantry Brigade.

Dave Kresch of West Bloomfield was an officer in

the 7th Armored Brigade. This picture was taken

in a parade for the creation of the State of Israel

in 1948.