Lone soldier center

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

When Mendel Gordon was diagnosed, he was forced to postpone his wedding and leave Israel — and now his family is asking for help.