About Young Leadership Atlanta

The Young Leadership Atlanta Chapter was founded in 2012 and is comprised of supporters who live in the Metro-Atlanta Area and come from a wide range of professions.

The Young Leadership Atlanta Chapter has contributed to the IDF’s Combat Intelligence Corps, responsible for intelligence reconnaissance on the ground, through FIDF’s Adopt a Brigade program. We provide crucial well-being funds and stand with them through brigade milestones, holidays, and more. 

Our Young Leadership annual celebration attracts over 250 people and raises significant funds to support the well-being of Israel’s soldiers. Additionally, we host fitness events, speaker dinners, and donor appreciation events.

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EVENTS
Southeast Speaker Series with Gadi Ezra

 

News

Hug, Soldiers’ Stories Tug on FIDF Hearts

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This article was originally published in the Atlanta Jewish Times A hug between an Israeli navy officer and his grandmother sent a powerful message at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces gala Monday night, May 14, at the InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta. That sailor, who can be identified only as Capt. Y for security reasons, helped bring a German-built submarine home to Israel — a difficult assignment because his Polish grandmother, Judith, nearly died in the Holocaust. As Capt. Y recounted, she survived in part because a German soldier let the little girl and her mother go during an escape....
More Than 500 Community Leaders Gathered for Atlanta Gala Dinner Raising Some $450,000

More Than 500 Community Leaders Gathered for Atlanta Gala Dinner

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More than 500 community leaders gathered for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Atlanta Gala Dinner, raising some $450,000 to support educational and well-being programs for the brave men and women of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). One of the Atlanta Jewish community’s largest events, featured a keynote speech by retired British Col. Richard Kemp, former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan. Kemp, an outspoken critic of Hamas who has defended Israeli military operations in testimony to the UN, lauded the IDF as one of the most moral armies in the world, saying, “I am not aware of...
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Executive Committee

Meredith Broudy
Jason Chaliff
Jonathan Grant
Andy Levison
Ben Levy

 

Board Members

Ross Boardman Kevin Rabinowitz
Lucas Dear Rachel Rimmer
Adam Hirsch David Sirzyk
Pailey Nooromid Adam Sonenshine
Ben Levy David Tillem
Andrew Pizitz