Maryland to MDA: How an oleh found his place on Israel’s front lines. - AFMDA
News  |  February 20, 2026  |  Israel Press

Maryland to MDA: How an oleh found his place on Israel’s front lines.

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When Ariel Wasserstein, aged 22, from Silver Spring, Maryland, first arrived in Israel at 18 years old, he wasn’t planning to stay.

A gap year with Magen David Adom’s overseas volunteer program was supposed to be a short detour before starting college at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

“I came thinking I’d volunteer for a bit and then go back to the US for school,” he said.

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