Remembering Benji by Providing a Home for Lone Soldiers
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VOI's Judy Lash Balint is joined by Ruth Rurka, aunt of Major Benji Hillman, killed during the 2006 Second Lebanon War. Ruth describes the way her family marks Memorial Day, and discusses its successful efforts to build Habayit Shel Benji, a home for 48 lone soldiers in Ra'anana.
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