Their Stories, Their Lives, Their Struggles

Matt Baer grew up participating in the Charleston Jewish Community Center (JCC) and finished his service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) paratrooper’s brigade in August 2013. On Tuesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. Baer will discuss his experience as a Lone Soldier (in Hebrew, chayal boded: a soldier with no family in the country). Baer will also discusses The Lone Soldier Center, which is a grassroots organization dedicated to improving the off-base lives of Israel’s community of lone soldiers. Residents are invited to learn why a person might decide to join the IDF and what life is like for a lone soldier in the IDF.
Lone Soldier Matt Baer will speak at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29 at the Charleston JCC, located at 1645 Raoul Wallenberg Blvd. Admission is free for JCC Members and $3 for non-members. For more information, email Sandra Brett at sandrab@jewishcharleston.org or visit www.charlestonjcc.org.