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Hello everyone, I would like to write to all of you today about a great thing called lone solider in the IDF.I had a great pleasure of meeting a lone solider the other day and I had a chance to hear about his story. First thing I would like to tell you about is that the whole time we were taking it felt like his love towards our very own little country is greater than my own and almost anyone that I can think of right now.

His name is Eran and he was born and raised in Atlanta Georgia to two jewfish American parents. Eran recently graduated from an Ivy League university in the US.

It is important to mentioned that he graduated with honors as the president of the students body, several attractive job offered were waiting for him as he was graduating as well as a school scholarship for his masters degree, and against all that he had decided to leave his country, to leave his family, to leave his very successful life in the US , and put a hold on his very bright future and to join the IDF. I would like to take this opportunity and salute this young man.

Eran made me realize what it would take to make that kind of decision, mainly because he wasn’t born or raised in Israel. Till I met Eran, I must admit, I used to take the whole thing called " serving in the IDF / join the IDF" for granted.

During our very short conversation Eran mentioned to tell me that in his humble opinion the Israeli women are not just the most beautiful woman in the world but they also the most interesting and complex personalities he had ever incurred.

Eran had inspired me to be a better person and to look beyond myself.   That was funny…  

Thank you Eran, and I hope this "journey"  was worth it.

Shirley