Find IDF Soldiers, The Maple’s database of Canadians who have joined the Israeli military, contains more than 2,200 links spread between the 206 profiles on the website. All of the links were active as of the date each profile was published.

In an effort to keep the database as clean as possible, I’ve run occasional scans of the site with third-party software that returns reports on dead links. These scans have found dozens of them.

In some cases, these links have been to material that describes an individual’s involvement in the Israeli military. There have also been cases where an existing piece of content has been edited to remove mentions of participation in the Israeli military, or where it has been made private. 

In order to preserve the public record, this article lists all the dead links and modified content I’ve discovered pertaining to Israeli military service. It’s likely that the article doesn’t contain all existing examples due to potential inadequacies in the collection process, such as that some sources are only textually linked on the site, meaning an automated program can’t pick them up. 

In most cases, it’s unclear who removed or edited the content, or why they may have done so. This article is not being published to make any accusations about why content has been removed or edited, but merely to note that it has happened.

Below, you’ll find a list of soldiers whose profiles contain links to pages mentioning their Israeli military service that have since been deleted or altered. We’re not suggesting the named individuals were responsible for these changes. The names with asterisks beside them are ones who have served in the Israeli military since Oct. 7, 2023.

Each profile contains the host of the relevant link, the date it was first published on Find IDF Soldiers, the last-known time it was online, the relevant material it contained (quoted from the profile and/or the source itself), and links to public archived copies of the content that were made before the material was deleted or altered. In cases where material was altered, the nature of the changes is also explained.

This article will occasionally be updated should any further deletions or alterations be made to existing links on the Find IDF Soldiers website.

  1. Yehuda Bessner
  2. Isabelle (Isy) Burke*
  3. Michael Domb
  4. Gabriel Edery*
  5. Nava Edery*
  6. Eitan Ellis*
  7. Zev Faintuch
  8. Seth Frieberg
  9. Jake Goodman*
  10. Ariel Riesenbach
  11. Boaz Rosenzweig*
  12. Liel Sandler*
  13. Michelle Sigulim
  14. Avraham Zvi (AZ) Thau*
  15. Jeremy Urbach*
  16. Zack Weiss
  17. Zac Winkler

Yehuda Bessner

Israel NCSY

  • Status: “404 Error - Page not Found”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 23, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Yehuda grew up in Montreal, Canada, and after graduating from Hebrew Academy, he went to Israel to learn at Yeshivat HaKotel. There he drafted through Hesder to the Givati Brigade and during that time also made Aliyah.” (Israel NCSY)
  • Archived copies: Archive Today; Wayback Machine

Isabelle (Isy) Burke*

The Australian Jewish News

  • Status: “404 It seems we can’t find what you’re looking for”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Last known date when active: Feb. 26, 2025
  • Relevant material: “The Australian Jewish News reported in May 2024 that Burke decided to immigrate to Israel after a 10-day Birthright trip, which was ‘shocking’ to her parents. Burke told the publication: ‘[Canada] wasn’t my home because of the people and Israel is my home. I tell everybody that when I went to Israel, I finally felt safe in a country that you shouldn’t feel so safe in, but it is my safe place.’ She also noted that her parents are ‘proud’ of her. The publication reported that Burke willingly chose to join an Israeli military combat unit, and had been in an Air Force Iron Dome battery near Eilat for six months at the time of publication.” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Archive Today; Wayback Machine

Jewish Federations of North America

  • Status: “Video unavailable. This video is private”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Last known date when active: Feb. 26, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Burke has also toured Jewish communities and institutions in Australia and elsewhere with United Israel Appeal to advertise her experience as a lone soldier. Describing her service at one event, Burke said, ‘Our actions do not only protect the State of Israel, but also safeguard the Jewish people everywhere.’ She added that they fight for ‘the future of our children.’” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Archive Today; Wayback Machine

Michael Domb

Ynetnews

  • Status: “error 404 page not found”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Last known date when active: March 12, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Domb eventually joined the Israeli military around 2013 as a so-called ‘lone soldier,’ serving as a tank commander. [...] Domb made this appearance as a member of the Lone Soldier Center group, which he later became the deputy director of. In an interview with an Israeli publication, he said, ‘It is true that lone soldiers have difficulty integrating, but in my opinion, there is no better place than the IDF in which to make aliyah and be absorbed into Israeli society. For me, along with the difficulties that came with realizing my dream, I enjoyed every moment of my service.’” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Archive Today; Wayback Machine

Gabriel Edery*

Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation Shabbos Weekly Bulletin

  • Status: The PDF at this URL was modified after it was linked to on Find IDF Soldiers
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 20, 2025
  • Relevant material: “We are proud of our own BAYT expats, Nava Edery, Boaz Rosenzweig, Liel Sandler and Gabriel Edery who are now serving in the IDF. Their dedication and courage inspire us all—Am Yisrael Chai!” (March 2025 BAYT Shabbos Weekly Bulletin)

    This section of the PDF has since been removed.
  • Archived copies: Wayback Machine
  • Other profiles impacted by change: Nava Edery, Liel Sandler, Boaz Rosenzweig

Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation Shabbos Weekly Bulletin

  • Status: The PDF at this URL was modified after it was linked to on Find IDF Soldiers
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 20, 2025
  • Relevant material: “We are proud of our own BAYT expats, Nava Edery, Boaz Rosenzweig, Liel Sandler and Gabriel Edery who are now serving in the IDF. Their dedication and courage inspire us all—Am Yisrael Chai!” (March 2025 BAYT Shabbos Weekly Bulletin)

    This section of the PDF has since been removed.
  • Archived copies: Wayback Machine
  • Other profiles impacted by change: Gabriel Edery, Liel Sandler, Boaz Rosenzweig

Eitan Ellis*

The Unfiltered View with Israel Ellis

  • Status: “Video unavailable. This video is private”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 15, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 15, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Three IDF lone soldiers share their truths.” (YouTube video description)

    An interview of Ellis and two other lone soldiers about their experiences in the Israeli military. A trailer from the episode remains available on Twitter. The interview contains discussion of Find IDF Soldiers.
  • Archived copies: Archive Today; Wayback Machine

Zev Faintuch

The Jewish Post & News

  • Status: “Error 404! The page you requested does not exist or has moved.”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Last known date when active: June 24, 2025
  • Relevant material: “The Jewish Post News reported in December 2024 that Faintuch ‘had been a Zionist from a young age’ and was ‘imbued with the Zionist ideal and love for Israel’ as a student at the Gray Academy of Jewish Education in Winnipeg, which is a K-12 school. The article noted that the school arranges a trip to Israel each year for its graduating class, and it was a moment on this trip that ‘clinched his decision to join the IDF. [...]

    Faintuch would go on to serve in the Israeli military for 18 months between 2011 and 2012 as an infantry member of the Nahal Brigade, and was stationed near Gaza. The publication wrote: ‘His principal duties in the army were manning a heavy machine gun and operating a remote control overhead weapons system. “I sat in a vehicle – with a 50-calibre machine gun on the top – and operated a joystick connected to a camera,” he said. “I was supposed to surveil the surrounding area and provide cover for my other team members should we find ourselves in a combat situation.”’ [...]

    The Jewish Post News article noted that Faintuch’s mother, Shelley Faintuch, is part of the reason he joined the Israeli military, and described her as ‘a leader in Israel-related programs and activities in our community.’” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Archive Today; Wayback Machine

Winnipeg Friends of Israel

  • Status: “This video isn’t available any more.”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Last known date when active: Feb. 26, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Zev Faintuch speaks about his experience serving in the Israeli Defence Forces during a Winnipeg Friends of Israel event.” (YouTube video description.)
  • Archived copies: Wayback Machine

Seth Frieberg

TanenbaumCHAT CHATTER

  • Status: “Oops — we can’t seem to find the page you’re looking for.”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 22, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Frieberg is mentioned in multiple issues of TanenbaumCHAT’s magazine. He is featured in the fall/winter 2015 issue in an article titled, ‘Doing My Part: Joining The IDF,’ where he is described as ‘a prime example of TanenbaumCHAT alumni showing their commitment to Israel.’ The article features an excerpt of a speech he gave at the United Jewish Appeal 2015 campaign launch: ‘I am 24 years old and have grown up as a very active member of the Toronto Jewish community. For as long as I can remember, my family has been connected to and involved with UJA. While still in a stroller, I participated in my first UJA walkathon. […]

    My parents, Jack and Sandra, have been active volunteers and long-time supporters of UJA. They worked hard to ensure that my brothers Adam ’04 and Mathew ’06, my sister Orly ’09 and I all received a strong Jewish education […]

    My Gap Year after TanenbaumCHAT was spent learning at Yeshiva in Israel, followed by the University of Western Ontario, Ivey School of Business. At Western, like many TanenbaumCHAT alumni, I participated in Hillel’s Israel on Campus activities.After graduating from Ivey in 2013, I decided to join the Israel Defense Forces. I believe that everyone needs to do something to support Israel. I was drafted on July 1, 2013 and spent the past 14 months serving as a paratrooper.

    This summer, I was actively involved in Operation Brothers Keeper, searching for the missing teenagers, and in Operation Protective Edge in Gaza. I was honoured to serve as a paratrooper. My unit and the entire Israeli army were motivated to defend the land of Israel, our homeland, the Israeli people, and the safety and freedom of Jews around the world. Tragically, too many who served were killed or wounded in the conflict.’” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Archive Today; Wayback Machine

TanenbaumCHAT CHATTER

  • Status: “Oops — we can’t seem to find the page you’re looking for.”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 20, 2025
  • Relevant material: “He is also mentioned in the spring 2020 issue, with the publication writing, ‘During Shavua Israel (Israel Week) in February 2020, Seth Frieberg ’08 spoke to students about his experiences as a Lone Soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. Bringing into focus his personal connection to Israel, he noted that ‘this was basically 14 months where every day I was doing something that, for me, was a meaningful and substantial way to give back to Israel.’” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copy: Wayback Machine
  • New Location: PDF Spaces

Jake Goodman*

Associated Hebrew Schools

  • Status: “Sorry, this page isn’t available. The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 20, 2025
  • Relevant material: “A May 2024 post from the school’s Instagram account features a photo of Goodman wearing an Israeli military uniform, and states: ‘AHS students wrote letters to AHS alumni Jake Goodman, who is currently serving in the IDF as a lone soldier. Your family at AHS, and our whole AHS community, supports you!’” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Archive Today

Ariel Riesenbach

YouTube

  • Status: “Video unavailable. This video is private.”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Last known date when active: Feb. 26, 2025
  • Relevant material: “In November 2024, Riesenbach gave a lecture about his military service, alongside his mother, Perla Riesenbach, at the Temple Kol Ami synagogue in Thornhill, Ont. The lecture, which is available online, was advertised on Instagram and Facebook, and it noted that Perla would speak about her experience as a parent of a lone soldier.” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Wayback Machine

Boaz Rosenzweig*

Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation Shabbos Weekly Bulletin

  • Status: The PDF at this URL was modified after it was linked to on Find IDF Soldiers
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 20, 2025
  • Relevant material: “We are proud of our own BAYT expats, Nava Edery, Boaz Rosenzweig, Liel Sandler and Gabriel Edery who are now serving in the IDF. Their dedication and courage inspire us all—Am Yisrael Chai!” (March 2025 BAYT Shabbos Weekly Bulletin)

    This section of the PDF has since been removed.
  • Archived copies: Wayback Machine
  • Other profiles impacted by change: Gabriel Edery, Nava Edery, Liel Sandler

Liel Sandler*

Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation Shabbos Weekly Bulletin

  • Status: The PDF at this URL was modified after it was linked to on Find IDF Soldiers
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 20, 2025
  • Relevant material: “We are proud of our own BAYT expats, Nava Edery, Boaz Rosenzweig, Liel Sandler and Gabriel Edery who are now serving in the IDF. Their dedication and courage inspire us all—Am Yisrael Chai!” (March 2025 BAYT Shabbos Weekly Bulletin)

    This section of the PDF has since been removed.
  • Archived copies: Wayback Machine
  • Other profiles impacted by change: Gabriel Edery, Nava Edery, Boaz Rosenzweig

Michelle Sigulim

CityNews Kitchener

  • Status: “404 - Page not found”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 24, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Sigulim was featured by CityNews because she was visiting Israel amidst its 2014 assault on Gaza. The publication stated, ‘She also says the Israeli military makes every effort to warn the Palestinians of impending rocket attacks by sending out flyers two days before an assault to “let civilians know that you’re in a dangerous area, there’s stockpiles of missiles there, there’s rocket-launchers in your area, and we need to take them out and they say ‘please evacuate the area for you own safety.’”’” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Wayback Machine

CityNews Kitchener

  • Status: “404 - Page not found”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 22, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Jewish girl that grew up in Canada, but when she turned 18, decided to join the IDF. She served for two years, before coming back to Canada to live permanently. She was recently in Israel for a family wedding, and at that time the war broke out between Israel and Hamas.” (CityNews Kitchener)
  • Archived copies: Wayback Machine

Avraham Zvi (AZ) Thau*

Bnei Akiva Schools

  • Status: “This video isn’t available any more.”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 20, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Thau was also featured in a December 2023 video on the school’s YouTube page where he discusses his ‘army journey,’ including details on his post-October 7 service in a tank unit. He states: “We have seen combat. We have been shot at. We are responding, kindly, thank god. A lot of machine gun bullets have been fired at them, and even some tank shells, which are always a blast. Pun intended.” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Wayback Machine

Bnei Akiva Schools

  • Status: The caption on this Instagram post was edited after it was linked to on Find IDF Soldiers
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: May 20, 2025
  • Last known date when active: Still active, but edited at some point after May 20, 2025
  • Relevant material: “A January 2024 Instagram post from the school states that Thau had been ‘called back to Israel’ as a reservist after Oct. 7, 2023, to rejoin the Israeli military.” (Find IDF Soldiers)

    The caption originally stated, in part, “we heard from two of our shlichim Rabbi AZ Thau and Yoni Gelband about their experience being called back to Israel as reservists to serve in the IDF.”

    It now states, in part, “we heard from two of our shlichim Rabbi AZ Thau and Yoni Gelband about their experiences in Israel.”
  • Archived copies: Archive Today

Jeremy Urbach*

Instagram

  • Status: “Sorry, this page isn’t available. The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Last known date when active: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Urbach immigrated to Israel in August 2024. He has since posted videos on his Instagram account documenting his time in the Israeli military.” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Offline

Zack Weiss

NCSY YouTube

  • Status: “Video unavailable. This video is private”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Last known date when active: Feb. 26, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Alumni Proud! An Interview With Zack Weiss, IDF Elite Combat Soldier” (YouTube video title)
  • Archived copies: Wayback Machine

Zac Winkler

TanenbaumCHAT CHATTER

  • Status: “Oops — we can’t seem to find the page you’re looking for.”
  • First linked to on ‘Find IDF Soldiers’: Feb. 24, 2025
  • Last known date when active: May 22, 2025
  • Relevant material: “Zac Winkler is a Canadian who attended TanenbaumCHAT, a private Jewish high school, and graduated in 2019. A 2021 newsletter from the school states that he ‘just completed training, and has officially joined the Shiryon, the Armored Corps division of the Israel Defense Force serving as a “lone soldier.”’” (Find IDF Soldiers)
  • Archived copies: Archive Today; Wayback Machine
  • New location: PDF Spaces
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