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The Fallen Soldier and the Fallen Coin

JL;DR SUMMARY In "The Fallen Soldier and the Fallen Coin," Hillel Kuttler poignantly captures the life and legacy of Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, a 21-year-old Bnei Menashe soldier, who was killed in a missile attack by Hamas terrorists. 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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HamasIdfBnei MenasheImmigrationCommunityMizoramIntegrationGary Lalhruaikima Zolat

Places mentioned

Mizoram, India
"The dishes and the beverages are traditional in Mizoram, the state in northeastern India from where nearly all of the approximately 200 people in the reception hall, or their parents, came to Israel beginning in the late 1980s."
Afula, Northern District, Israel
"The meal, in the Jezreel Valley town of Afula in northern Israel, was held to memorialize a member of their community, Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, whose face stared out from banners adorning a stage at the front of the room."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"The gathering came at the close of the last day of shiva for Zolat, 21, a staff sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces Kfir brigade who was killed on Nov. 11 in a missile attack by Hamas terrorists in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip."
Beit El, Central District, Israel
"Most of those who immigrated to Israel in recent decades live in the northern communities of Tiberias, Akko, Nof Hagalil, Migdal Haemek, Beit Shean, and Afula Illit (adjacent to Afula and home to 80 Bnei Menashe families), as well as Beit El, Kiryat Arba, and Nitzan."
Kiryat Arba, Central District, Israel
"Most of those who immigrated to Israel in recent decades live in the northern communities of Tiberias, Akko, Nof Hagalil, Migdal Haemek, Beit Shean, and Afula Illit (adjacent to Afula and home to 80 Bnei Menashe families), as well as Beit El, Kiryat Arba, and Nitzan."
Nitzan, Southern District, Israel
"Most of those who immigrated to Israel in recent decades live in the northern communities of Tiberias, Akko, Nof Hagalil, Migdal Haemek, Beit Shean, and Afula Illit (adjacent to Afula and home to 80 Bnei Menashe families), as well as Beit El, Kiryat Arba, and Nitzan."
Tiberias, Northern District, Israel
"Most of those who immigrated to Israel in recent decades live in the northern communities of Tiberias, Akko, Nof Hagalil, Migdal Haemek, Beit Shean, and Afula Illit (adjacent to Afula and home to 80 Bnei Menashe families), as well as Beit El, Kiryat Arba, and Nitzan."
Akko, Northern District, Israel
"Most of those who immigrated to Israel in recent decades live in the northern communities of Tiberias, Akko, Nof Hagalil, Migdal Haemek, Beit Shean, and Afula Illit (adjacent to Afula and home to 80 Bnei Menashe families), as well as Beit El, Kiryat Arba, and Nitzan."
Nof Hagalil, Northern District, Israel
"Most of those who immigrated to Israel in recent decades live in the northern communities of Tiberias, Akko, Nof Hagalil, Migdal Haemek, Beit Shean, and Afula Illit (adjacent to Afula and home to 80 Bnei Menashe families), as well as Beit El, Kiryat Arba, and Nitzan."
Migdal Haemek, Northern District, Israel
"Most of those who immigrated to Israel in recent decades live in the northern communities of Tiberias, Akko, Nof Hagalil, Migdal Haemek, Beit Shean, and Afula Illit (adjacent to Afula and home to 80 Bnei Menashe families), as well as Beit El, Kiryat Arba, and Nitzan."
Beit Shean, Northern District, Israel
"Most of those who immigrated to Israel in recent decades live in the northern communities of Tiberias, Akko, Nof Hagalil, Migdal Haemek, Beit Shean, and Afula Illit (adjacent to Afula and home to 80 Bnei Menashe families), as well as Beit El, Kiryat Arba, and Nitzan."
Afula Illit, Northern District, Israel
"Most of those who immigrated to Israel in recent decades live in the northern communities of Tiberias, Akko, Nof Hagalil, Migdal Haemek, Beit Shean, and Afula Illit (adjacent to Afula and home to 80 Bnei Menashe families), as well as Beit El, Kiryat Arba, and Nitzan."

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