Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF)
{{Script/Hebrew| ארגון ידידי צה״ל בארה״ב}}
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| type = Nonprofit organization
| founded_date = {{Start date and age|1981|}}
| location = New York, New York
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.fidf.org/}}
| status = 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
| tax_id = 13-3156445"[http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2013/133/156/2013-133156445-0b063388-9.pdf Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. Guidestar. December 31, 2013.
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| employees_year= 2013
| volunteers_year= 2013
| revenue_year = 2013
| expenses_year = 2013
| leader_name = Meir Klifi-Amir"[http://www.fidf.org/page.aspx?pid=286 Our Board & Staff]". Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. Accessed December 11, 2015.
| leader_title = National Director and Chief Executive Officer
| leader_title2= Chairman
| leader_name3 = Peter Weintraub
| leader_title3 = President
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Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) (in {{langx|he|ארגון ידידי צה״ל בארה״ב}}) is an organization established in 1981 dedicated to the men and women serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), wounded veterans, and the families of fallen soldiers. Headquartered in New York City, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that operates fifteen regional offices in the United States and Panama.
Construction projects
In 2013, a new home for Lone Soldiers in Israel was opened in Ramat Gan with a special ceremony marking the completion of the $5 million project launched by Friends of the Israel Defense Forces and headed by Elias and Lila Kalimian and family of Great Neck, New York.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/american-friends-of-idf-open-up-new-home-for-lone-soldiers/2013/04/22/|title=The Jewish Press » » American Friends of IDF Open up New Home for Lone Soldiers|author=JTA|work=The Jewish Press|date=22 April 2013 }}
Fundraising
In the fall of 2014, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces' Western Region raised a record of more than $33 million in Beverly Hills, California. Other recent Friends of the Israel Defense Forces galas took place in Chicago ($2 million raised); Long Island, New York ($1.4 million raised); Michigan ($1 million raised); Boston ($800,000 raised at the gala and $4.1 million raised by the region this year); Northern New Jersey ($600,000 raised at the gala and $3 million raised by the region this year); Philadelphia; Ohio; San Francisco; San Diego; Baltimore; and Scarsdale, New York{{cite web|url=http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2014/11/13/amid-instability-in-israel-fidf-galas-across-us-raise-funds-for-soldiers-wellbeing#.VHYdfzHF9v5=|title=Amid instability in Israel, FIDF galas across U.S. raise funds for soldiers' wellbeing|work=JNS.org|access-date=2014-11-26|archive-date=2017-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707165441/http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2014/11/13/amid-instability-in-israel-fidf-galas-across-us-raise-funds-for-soldiers-wellbeing#.VHYdfzHF9v5=|url-status=dead}}
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Category:1981 establishments in New York (state)
Category:Charities based in New York City
Category:Israel Defense Forces
Category:Jewish charities based in the United States