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Seriously wounded Canadian IDF soldier still pushing hard to recover

JL;DR SUMMARY Ben Brown, a Canadian IDF soldier gravely injured by a Hezbollah rocket, is recovering slowly while his family supports him at a rehabilitation center in Israel during Yom HaZikaron. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Lone SoldiersIdfHezbollahCanadaMilitary ServiceRehabilitationJewish Community SupportYom HazikaronBen Brown

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"While many Canadian Jews will mark the day by attending similar sessions across the country, one Toronto family is spending it in a way that's even more important."
Jerusalem, Israel
"The piercing blast of a siren Tuesday evening in Israel at the Western Wall in Jerusalem was not signaling new incoming terrorist attacks."
Ranana, Central District, Israel
"So nine months, just this week, since the injury. Correct, correct. Wow. But you're closer now in Ranana. You guys are staying there temporarily."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"He was med-flighted from his post up in Hardov, which is on the Lebanon-Syria border, after a Hezbollah missile attack on his base, and he went right to Rambam in Haifa."
Golan Heights, Northern District, Israel
"Hezbollah terrorists began almost daily rocket barrages into northern Israel in solidarity with Hamas, and Ben's unit was sent to a strategically located IDF army base on a mountaintop in the Golan Heights within shouting distance of the Lebanese border."
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