FIDF Live

FIDF Chief Executive Officer Steve Weil welcomes Maj. (Res.) Michal, IDF Casualties Officer back to our briefings this week. Maj. (Res.) Michal details FIDF's Legacy Camp program that offers young family members of bereaved soldiers a chance to meet and interact with others in the US going through similar experiences. She shares some stories from camps that have recently occurred, how the children use the camps to heal, and some of their unique experiences at various camps. Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs. (Recorded 07/21/2024)

Captain (Res.) Chaim Meisels of the IDF Infantry Unit, Battalion 450 joins FIDF Chief Executive Officer Steve Weil for this briefing interview. Capt. Meisels talks about his upbringing in the U.S., making the move to join the IDF, his journey from Michve Alon to Golani to Egoz, his experience from October 7 on, and more Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs. (Recorded 07/14/2024)

FIDF Chief Executive Officer Steve Weil welcomes Social Worker, Supervisor and National Coordinator, Ministry of Defense Yael Milnizki, to discuss her experience on October 7, the unique programs and responses she and her team are creating to meet the needs of Israeli families, working with orphans, highlighting some of the inspiring stories of people and families she is working with and more. Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs. (Recorded 07/7/2024)

FIDF Chief Executive Officer Steve Weil speaks with Malcolm Hoenlein, Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, who offers his insight about the current situations in both Israel and the diaspora. Malcolm describes how events and societal shifts since October 7th have changed American Jewry and their status in the United States. The two discuss how the American Jewish experience has compared to the experiences of Jews elsewhere in the diaspora before and since October 7th, and what they believe will happen after the current war ends. Finally, Steve asks Malcolm for his thoughts on Israel's and the broader Middle East's geopolitical reality and future. Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs. (Recorded 06/30/2024)

FIDF Chief Executive Officer Steve Weil welcomes Cpt. (Res.) Odelia of the Search and Rescue Brigade to discuss her unique background as the granddaughter of German Christians who came to Israel after World War 2 to open a nursing home for Holocaust survivors. She describes her experiences in the IDF on and after October 7th, where she searched for human remains in Kibbutz Be'eri. Cpt. Odelia also elaborates on her mission in Gaza during the war and her previous experiences in the Search and Rescue Brigade. Finally, the two talk about Cpt. Odelia's brother, Urija, who was mortally wounded while fighting in Gaza. Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs. (Recorded 06/23/2024)

FIDF Chief Executive Officer Steve Weil welcomes Jewish Educator & Israel Advocate Rabbi Leo Dee, to tell us the tragic story of his wife and daughters being killed in a terror attack in April of last year. Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs. (Recorded 06/16/2024)

FIDF Chief Executive Officer Steve Weil welcomes Brig. Gen. (Res) Nitzan Nuriel, Deputy Commander of the Israeli Staff Command and former Head of the Counter Terrorism Bureau at the Prime Minister’s Office to provide an update on how the IDF is trying to avoid casualties, the mission to make sure Hamas does not stay in power, how Syria, Iran, and Egypt factor in to all of this, the preparation for the possibility of a Lebanon War, and more. Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs. (Recorded 06/09/2024)

FIDF CEO, Steve Weil is joined by Human Rights Lawyer and CEO of the International Legal Forum, Arsen Ostrovsky to discuss the actions of the ICJ and ICC and their adjudications, their weaponization of law, the risks this ongoing terror poses to the United States and every democracy, the strong efforts the IDF has gone through to minimize civilian deaths and more. Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs. (Recorded 06/2/2024)

FIDF Chief Executive Officer Steve Weil is joined by Richard D. Heideman, Senior Counsel at Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC and Joseph Tipograph, Attorney at Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC to examine and detail the history of terrorism focused at Israel, learnings of sponsors of terrorism, filing lawsuits against sponsors of terrorism, and more. The legal team also presents the cases that are being brought in regards to the October 7 attacks from Hamas. Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs. (Recorded 05/26/2024)

FIDF Chief Executive Officer welcomes Major Lior Shweitzer, the Deputy Head of the COGAT International Relations Branch to provide a briefing on the situation in Israel before October 7, the strategic and tactical mechanisms the IDF are working on in order to improve and expand aid, the routes in which aid enters the Gaza Strip, new humanitarian aid measures, the ratio of aid waiting to be collected by the UN vs. what has been provided, the work they do to organize a process to get the aid to evacuated civilians and more. Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs. (Recorded 05/19/2024)