On Thursday night, April 23 at 8:30 PM, Yeshiva University Israel Club sponsored an event titled, "Ethics in the Field: An Inside Look at the Israeli Defense Forces." Colonel Ben "Bentzi" Gruber of the Israeli Defense Forces, or IDF, addressed about 50 students in Furst Hall on moral dilemmas that the Israeli military faces regularly.
What's the best way to learn about the history and establishment of the State of Israel? There have been many answers to this question. Perhaps the assumed answer is that a visit to the land of Israel ought to do the trick. Then, by a mysterious process of osmosis, knowledge will flood into one's brain.