Lone soldier center

Only 500 of the 13,000 lone reservists have received mental health support since Oct. 7

The war is also taking a psychological toll on thousands of lone soldiers, most of whom need mental health support.

DECEMBER 6, 2024|ByDR. ITAI GAL

Immigration and Diaspora Committee discuss funding for mental health services for lone soldiers

The Michael Levin Base: A welcoming home away from home for lone soldiers

Michael's dream was to form an organization that would be a community for lone soldiers.

JULY 22, 2024|ByJOSEPH SCUTTS

Devora Ruderman: A lone ‘Bat Sherut’ making a difference

Jerusalemite of the Week: Working at The Michael Levin Base, Ruderman sees firsthand the many experiences and challenges her fellow B’not Sherut face.

MAY 27, 2024|ByAARON REICH

HABAYIT SHEL Benji – a home for lone combat soldiers which provides housing, food, cleaning and laundry services, and more for the 87 soldiers who call the house a home.

This lone soldier organization is fighting for a better future for post-war Israel

HaBayit shel Benji is a home for lone combat soldiers in central Israel which provides housing, food, cleaning and laundry services, and more for the 87 soldiers who call the house a home.

MAY 17, 2024|ByEVE YOUNG

First state-of-the-art building for lone soldiers breaks ground in Israel

The home will provide housing for 222 courageous lone soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) beginning in December 2024.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustration of what the completed lone soldier building will look like..

Rabbi Shalom Myers helps lone religious and haredi soldiers both during and after service

While lone soldiers in Israel without their families need support, so do many of the haredi soldiers, even if their families are in Israel.

JULY 9, 2023ByMINDY RUBENSTEIN

THE RABBI is surrounded by soldiers at the Latrun IDF Educational Center, during a get-together earlier this year.

Helping soldiers who are far from home

The Jerusalem-based Lone Soldier Center in memory of Michael Levin helps conscripts get through the toughest time of their lives

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020ByDANIEL BEN-TAL

Aliza Mark (Bat Sherut) and Jake Tokayer at his Tekes Siyum Maslul Shiryon

Lone soldiers receiving meals, toiletries during coronavirus crisis

The Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin has been helping to provide lone soldiers with extra support, providing food, electronic accessories, and hygiene products.

MARCH 24, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON

IDF medical officers take part in a drill (Illustrative)

A lone bat sherut, but not alone

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019ByMIRIAM SERKEZ

Family matters: Wings to fly and reasons to stay

Last week she became the third enlistee to commit suicide this year among those who come from abroad, by themselves, to serve in the Israeli army.

MAY 29, 2019ByDAVID BREAKSTONE

Mikey, Max, Gamliel and Alena on the celebrated balcony of the Jewish Agency building where David Ben-Gurion stood on November 29, 1947, as the UN voted in favor of the establishment of a Jewish state which they have now come to defend.

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.

MAY 4, 2019BySAM SOKOL/JTA

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.

FEBRUARY 9, 2019ByLISA SAMIN