New Yorkers Supporting Israel
Valley Stream, NY (July 28, 2006) –- On Thursday, July 27, four Israeli military reservists from the New York area departed for Israel to join their units currently operating in northern Israel and Lebanon.
The four young men traveled as part of a Solidarity Mission to Israel, sponsored and subsidized by Israir Airlines, Israel’s second largest carrier. This followed an appeal posted by one of the reservists, Yoseph Lakien of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on a local web site (www.crownheights.info) requesting the community’s assistance in acquiring funds to return to Israel. Yossi Soffer, whose agency Unique Image Advertising in New York is responsible for Israir’s advertising in the United States, read the post and contacted Israir to see if they would help.
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