The article discusses the growing trend of young North American Jews pursuing higher education and settling in Israel.

During the recent war in Israel, Rabbi Noam and Shifra Friedman, educators at Reichman University, mobilized their community to support soldiers who were being called up.

Canadian teenagers Maya Winkler, Leora Prutschi, and Joey Lipetz, who had planned to study or volunteer in Israel, have chosen to stay and help despite the ongoing conflict with Hamas.

IDF reservist Omer Balva, an American citizen, was killed in a missile attack on the Lebanon border.

Prof. Yaniv Roznai, a legal expert, is warning against the "override clause" in Israel's incoming government led by Benjamin Netanyahu.