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New Yorkers Supporting Israel

Israir Airlines Director Stuart Katz thanks Yoseph Lakien for his brave service at a press conference Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

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.

At a press conference on July 26 announcing the Solidarity Mission, Stuart Katz, Managing Director of Israir Airlines, thanked Yoseph for representing all of us who stand with Israel during these times of crisis.

Israeli military reservists departing on Thursday, July 27, 2006 from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, with Yossi Soffer of Unique Image Advertising.

Israeli military reservist Yoseph Lakien, 20, of Brooklyn, New York, speaks at a press conference Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York announcing a special solidarity mission to Israel, sponsored by Israir Airlines, which will visit Israeli communities affected by missile attacks from Lebanese-based terrorist organization Hezbollah. Lakien will be joining his unit which is currently operating in northern Israel and Lebanon.

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16 Comments

  • Proud

    Yoseph Lakein–thank you for standing up for our nation and our land. Great job and good luck! We will miss you!

  • Weiss Family

    Yossi we miss you already!! Please come back safetly. Lots of love from your second home ;)

  • bored on empire

    Yossi, Your the Man

    best of luck to you and Mica for all your efforts

  • Has family in Lebanon by Sunday

    Hatzlacha! Keep safe…you represent all of us.

    Keep your Chitas close. May G-d protect you & all our brave soldiers.

  • freind

    hey yossi,
    good luck and be safe. like I told u the other night – teffilin and bitachon; the rest will come.

  • CH member

    Its very noble of you young men. The opportunities here in the U.S. are endless, yet you have decided to undertakes, yet again, the mission begun not long ago.
    May HaShem bless you, and protect you.

  • gucci

    we love u man… good luck and make us and gd proud!! be safe and look out for our other boys out there in the millitery!

  • bracha adina

    mica and yossi …. Youre doing great work and may hashem bless you.

  • liebaandtul

    hey yossi and mica..
    nicely done :) ..good for u ..and mendy..we miss him!!…. For all the other guys going back…good luck and be safe.

  • amydavidovich

    kol ha kavod to you.
    remember you cousins in efrat.
    02-993-3428
    love, the davidovich’s