Aviv Kochavi / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Aviv Kochavi / JNS.org
Standing Tall as IDF Fighters Where Our Families Were Murdered
JNS.org - Shaul and Mina Sterngast, who lived in Krakow, had eight children. One of them, Romek, was my grandfather. He caught the Zionist bug,...
‘May the Fallen’s Memory Be Our Moral Compass’
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Forces soldiers, commanders and officers, Eighteen-year-old pioneer Moshe Berski came to Israel with his sister in 1913 and joined Kibbutz Degania. He...
Aviv Kochavi: The Sound That Commands Us to Remember
JNS.org - The sirens blaring as the State of Israel marks Yom Hazikaron—Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism—command that we distinguish this...
Aviv Kochavi: Holocaust Survivors Represent the Light That Shone in the Darkness
JNS.org - To all soldiers, commanders and employees of the Israel Defense Forces: Holocaust Remembrance Day silences Israel and envelopes our country’s streets in quiet. The...
The IDF and Yitzhak Rabin: A United Military Serving a United People
JNS.org - The following is an excerpt from IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi’s daily order to all Israeli military personnel. It has been...
A View From the IDF: Lessons Learned Since Leaving Lebanon
JNS.org - The generation of commanders that I and other officers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)’s general staff are a part of cut its...
