DENVER (KDVR) — As a violent assault continues in Israel, a handful of Coloradans are touring to the nation, some to assist combat.
Rabbi Menachem Siderson of Aish of the Rockies mentioned seven members of his synagogue have now arrived in Israel. He mentioned some are reservists within the Israeli military, whereas others are making the journey utterly voluntarily.
“It was fairly stunning to me, really, to search out out the information that we had younger women and men which are in our group that simply felt the necessity — one in all them referred to as it the uncooked want — to only choose up and discover their method to Israel,” Siderson mentioned. “It makes the feelings a lot greater, a lot extra private, once we know the folks in our group who’re now not right here as a result of they’re there risking their lives to guard the nation.”
Siderson mentioned all seven of them are of their 20s and mentioned some are abandoning households in Colorado to go assist.
“They’ve jobs right here, they’ve households right here,” he mentioned. “One in all our members is a younger man, lately married, model new child, and he simply picked up and he’s there now. He landed this morning and is in one of many medical items connected to a military unit serving to out.”
Siderson mentioned his complete group is praying for his or her protected return, and for the top to the battle.
“I’m extraordinarily involved, as all of us are, for the protection of all of the Jewish folks, and specifically, the folks from our group,” he mentioned. “We’re Jewish folks, we care about our brothers and sisters, we care about our homeland, and so they felt that was a very powerful factor they may do, and if they’d the power, they have been going to do it.”
