The Samter Family: American Parents With Israeli Sons Fighting in Gaza [Divergence 2/6]
18Forty Podcast1 Apr 2025

The Samter Family: American Parents With Israeli Sons Fighting in Gaza [Divergence 2/6]

Our Intergenerational Divergence series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel.

This episode is sponsored by an anonymous friend who supports our mission.


In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Yehuda, Bayla, Elisha, and Avi Samter—members of a family that made aliyah from the comfortable Five Towns life a decade ago—about the divergence between Jewish life in America and in Israel.

Whether one serves in the IDF has become a major realm of bifurcation within the Jewish People, and it’s a gap that we often fail to bridge even within our own social circles. In this episode we discuss:

  • How does making aliyah and entering the army change prior friendships?
  • Why should every Jew imagine the possibility of living an elevated life defending the Jewish People in the Land of Israel?
  • What differentiates Five Towns Judaism from spirituality in the Land of Israel?
Tune in to hear a conversation about unifying “both sides” of the Jewish People.

Interview begins at 8:02.

The Samter family made Aliyah from America and now have two sons serving in the Israel Defense Forces, fighting in the wars over the last 16 months in Gaza and Lebanon.

References:


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