Dear Families, Over the course of the war, many well known musicians have visited our Beit Achim to give our soldiers private concerts. Last week, we were honored to host Mark Elihayu, one of Israel’s finest musicians, who performed for over 100 BFL members and their spouses. Mark Elihayu and Yarden Ezra perform at the Beit Achim …
In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles. David Ben Gurion Dear Families, Over three decades ago, I was a young rabbinic student in Jerusalem. Saddam Hussein had invaded Kuwait months before, and the entire world held its breath as the US-led aerial bombardment of Iraq was about to begin. The same day the …
As our hospital teams continue their daily deployment to newly injured soldiers in Israel’s major hospitals, the first group of 700 soldiers injured in this war has been moving on to the next phase of healing and absorption into the BFL family. Key to this phase are the BFL soldier delegation trips to diaspora Jewish …
Original article written for Australian Jewish News by Carol Saffer The soldiers are members of Achim L’Chaim, Brothers for Life, a not-for-profit organisation, started and run by injured Israeli soldiers whose mission is to support other soldiers injured in combat. Several Melbourne families were recently privileged to be part of a week-long program hosting a …
Dear Families, We always open this update with “Dear Families” because just like the Jewish people are a family, BFL is a family. One of the most powerful realizations we had after October 7th, and are continually experiencing, is that we can mourn and feel the loss of a family member we did not know. The same …
As we approach day 133 of the war with Hamas, a war Israel never wanted but must fight, the number of injured soldiers continues to rise. According to some reports, there are more than 2,700 injured IDF soldiers since October 7th. A staggering number. To date, our hospital teams have met with over 1,200 injured soldiers and …
Dear Families, On Monday, the Jewish people suffered a terrible blow. Twenty-one precious sons fell in Gaza—such a great loss. One of our soldiers who was killed, Elkana Vizel A”H, was 35 years old, married to Galit, and a father to four beautiful children. Elkana wrote a letter that was found on his body after he was …
This is the worst war since Yom Kippur. We have lost 515 soldiers, and more than 2,300 have been injured. We estimate that close to 10 soldiers are injured each day. We mourn the loss of every one of our precious sons and daughters, including the nine soldiers who lost their lives on Tuesday. We owe …
Dear BFL Family, We spent the last 15 years honing our model of “injured soldiers helping injured soldiers,” which not only transformed the lives of our members but also created hundreds of BFL mentors. We never could have imagined that in a very real and practical way, these years were in preparation for this moment …
We have entered the second stage of bringing over 600 new members into BFL. This includes matching newly injured soldiers with BFL volunteer mentors who have overcome the same injury. The magic of BFL is in the moments where a newly injured soldier meets a mentor who has the same injury and can see the …
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