Thank you for having me.

Thank you, Rabbi.

And it's an honor for us as an organization to be speaking before your synagogue, one of the most important ones in the United States.

And it was an honor to meet you.

And I saw your eagerness to broadcast Ravi Tal's story, and that means the world to us.

So very briefly, IDF Widows and Orphans Organization is the only organization recognized by the Israeli government to represent the spouses and children of fallen IDF soldiers, Mossad agents, and other security personnel.

This organization is 36 years old, but really traces its beginnings to the beginning of the state of Israel.