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‘We're lone soldiers, but we're not lonely’: How the IDF supports fighters without families

“Olim (immigrant) soldiers who come from abroad to Israel do it purely out of a sense of Zionism and because they really want to take part in helping Israel and helping the IDF.”

Staff Sergeant Oren Metzuyanim, a 21-year-old lone soldier at the main rehearsal of the 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 19, 2026.
Lone Soldier Center CEO Liora Rubinstein (L) with president Drorit Nitzani and actress and musician Einat Sarouf  and her original artwork.

Israeli artists unite across communities to support lone soldiers in new exhibition

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. July 25, 2024.

Grapevine, March 27, 2026: A welcome break

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee speaks at The Jerusalem Post at the Diplomatic Conference held at the Friends of Zion Museum media center in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025.

Grapevine: Huckabee at home


IDF says fears of lone soldier 'suicide epidemic' are overblown

Military source denies reports of an upward trend in lone soldier suicides. Three lone soldiers have died since the beginning of 2019.

President and Founder of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, is seen with IDF soliders; the Fellowship is heavily invested in supporting its lone soldiers

From a life in Maryland to a life devoted to lone soldiers

They were affiliated with the Lone Soldier Center in memory of Michael Levin, but became an official nonprofit organization, appropriately named Lone Soldiers’ Home in Beit Shemesh.

Wendy Serlin

158 overseas volunteers to join IDF

Majority of the new recruits come from North America, followed by France.

158 volunteers from 18 different countries arrive in Israel to volunteer for the IDF

Program launched to help lone soldiers stay in Israel

Currently, nearly half of lone soldiers leave the country, according to the Lone Soldier Center.

 TEAM MEMBERS of The Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin speak with soldiers nearing the end of their service at the center in Jerusalem

Thousands of lone soldiers gather for Independence Day celebrations

Parents of fallen lone soldiers and prominent members of the Jerusalem municipality also took part in the Gan Sacher barbecue.

Lone soldiers and friends celebrate Independence Day at Gan Sacher in Jerusalem at an event hosted by the Lone Solider Center in Memory of Michael Levine

An arduous and lonely cultural journey

After finishing high school, Dyer wanted to go to Israel.

Caleb Dyer

Grapevine: Sing for the king

It's not certain whether Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev, will attend the Morocciada Festival

Miri Regev with her Jerusalem of Gold dress at the 69th Cannes Film Festival

A new house for female lone soldiers

LSC development director Lizzie Noach adds, “We saw how successful homes were for the male soldiers and also wanted to give females what their own families would give them.”

‘The planned Jerusalem housing facility will reflect our commitment to support female soldiers, minimizing their hardship and expressing the gratitude of the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora.’

In Plain Language: Israel’s hidden heroes

For 12 lone soldiers all from English-speaking countries, they no longer are without family.

The 12 soldiers who live in the Beit Shemesh Lone Soldiers’ Home with the counselors, board members and spouses on a fun day out

Family, friends mark 10 years since death in Lebanon of lone soldier Levin

The Jerusalem Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin was founded in 2009 to aid the thousands of lone soldiers serving throughout the country.

PARATROOPER MICHAEL LEVIN was killed in Ayta ash-Shab, Lebanon, on August 1, 2006, at age 22.