Robert Bandanza
August 23rd, 2006, 01:02 PM
Canadian youths leave home to join Israeli army
By CAROLYN BLACKMAN
Staff Reporter
TORONTO - Israel has been part of Aaron Draper’s life since he took part in a birthright israel trip in 2002.
He has returned to the country since then, and he thought he would get it out of his system, “but I only became more interested,” he said.
Several weeks ago, Draper, 25, a York University graduate and a trained teacher, joined a group of about 130 young Jewish adults from North America, the United Kingdom and New Zealand who are joining the Israeli army through the Tzofim Garin Tzabar program.
The program – supported by Israel Scouts, the Ministry of Absorption, the Jewish Agency and the Israel Defence Forces’ Nachal Corps – involves the recruits living together on a kibbutz for three months and then serving individually in the army.
http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=9947
By CAROLYN BLACKMAN
Staff Reporter
TORONTO - Israel has been part of Aaron Draper’s life since he took part in a birthright israel trip in 2002.
He has returned to the country since then, and he thought he would get it out of his system, “but I only became more interested,” he said.
Several weeks ago, Draper, 25, a York University graduate and a trained teacher, joined a group of about 130 young Jewish adults from North America, the United Kingdom and New Zealand who are joining the Israeli army through the Tzofim Garin Tzabar program.
The program – supported by Israel Scouts, the Ministry of Absorption, the Jewish Agency and the Israel Defence Forces’ Nachal Corps – involves the recruits living together on a kibbutz for three months and then serving individually in the army.
http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=9947