Lone soldier center

‘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


This Week in Israeli History: Jabotinsky, Michael Levin and the Founding of Rishon LeZion

The Jerusalem Post

Story of a lone soldier

In South Africa, he had everything that he ever wanted: a family who loved him, a maid who took care of his day-to-day needs and lots of friends.

Josh Carr

Where do the soldiers sleep?

A new housing project in Jerusalem provides much more than a home for lone soldiers.

Yered Stufflebeam, 19 and the third in his family to join the IDF, finds the new Lone Soldier Home in Jerusalem ideal for his purposes

The problem no one talks about

Israeli lone soldiers do not have the luxury of parents writing letters in support of them to journalists or to reach out to officers in the IDF.

An IDF soldier stands guard at a check point near the Lebanese- Israeli border, in October 2014

This Week in Israeli History: Jabotinsky, Michael Levin, and a Fascinating Archeological Discovery

The Jerusalem Post

Torah scroll dedicated in honor of lone soldier who fell in Gaza last summer

The Torah scroll dedicated in Max’s honor will ideally be used by other soldiers in the army.

THE FAMILY of St.-Sgt. Max Steinberg poses in Jerusalem’s Old City yesterday with the Torah scroll completed in his memory.

A home in Kiryat Hayovel

After a city council haredi-Hitorerut kerfuffle, lone soldiers in Jerusalem finally have a place to call their own.

The Bar-Giora Home for lone soldiers

Over 1,000 IDF 'lone soldiers' attend personal errand day in Tel Aviv

This opportunity to handle important personal affairs for 'lone soldiers' was organized by Nefesh B'Nefesh and Friends of the IDF Lone Soldier Program.

Over 1,000 lone soldiers attended their personal affairs day in Tel Aviv

Jerusalem City Council unanimously approves funding for disputed Lone Soldier residential center

Funding for facility nearly derailed by haredi opposition to secular management company

AJC's lone soldier Thanksgiving feast

Jerusalem City Council approves funding for disputed lone soldier residential center

Funding for facility nearly derailed by haredi opposition to secular management company.

Jerusalem municipality