Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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of the Y.U. Centennial (1886-1986)

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Are the Largest and Brightest Class in Yeshiva University History Rabbi Israel Miller: Sept. 5, 1981 1981

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Through Crusader castles and snowy mountains, by golden beaches and ice-glazed rivers, they fought a bitter war. The soldiers of Milhemet Shlom Hagalil are businessmen and farmers, fashion designers and mechanics, professors and construction contractors, our friends from Yeshivot Hesder, our cousins in Haifa, our neighbors who made Aliyah to Jerusalem. Hoping to preserve the lives of the Galil ' s inhabitants now and in the future, they lost many of their own lives. As the smallest possible token of our indebtedness and appreciation, we dedicate this year- book to them. The Lebanon War was the most painful in Israel ' s history. For the first time the soldiers fought without the support of a national consensus behind them; also, many were unclear as to the ultimate goals of the war. Especially because of this, the Israeli soldiers deserve our respect and support. For whatever debates rage about the political aspect of the war, the conduct of the soldiers is worthy of admiration. They fought bravely, pursued their goals valiantly, and acted humanely in the midst of the most in- human conditions. Strong as cedars and gentle as deer, they battled strenuously to bring peace to their northern border and a semblance of order to a troubled land. Once more Israel and her people have impressed us with awed respect and admiration, but again the occasion is a tragic one. We hope that in the future these men and women can struggle not with weapons but with plows, scalpels, and watercolors; may they work together as well and as unitedly as they did in Lebanon, but with the only task before them the furtherance of a decent and productive national life within the borders of Eretz Israel.