Keeping Israel Safe: Serving in the Israel Defense Forces

by Barbara Sofer

Overview

Meet four Israeli teens as they make their choices to join one of the many branches of the Israel Defense Forces, and learn about the various branches of the IDF. As we get to know the four teens and how they plan to fulfill their mandatory service, we learn how the IDF with its advanced technology, intelligence, and weapons systems, grew to be one of the most admired armies in the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781512490657
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Series:	Israel
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	56
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Barbara Sofer is a prize-winning journalist and author whose popular column is featured in the Jerusalem Report. Her children’s books include Ilan Ramon: Israel’s Space Hero and Shalom Haver, Good-Bye, Friend, a photo essay and memory of Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, which won the 1997 Sydney Taylor Award for best Jewish children’s book. The mother of five, she lives in Jerusalem with her husband, scientist/writer Gerald Schroeder.