Meet Avraham

Name: Avraham
Age: 31
Rank: Major
Military role: Company commander, Infantry
Studies: BSc Electrical Engineering
Calling: Inventor

“We’ve been fighting for three months straight but I’m willing to pay this price.”

Avraham studies electrical engineering as part of TAU’s Trailblazers Program, a specially tailored framework for students coming out of the Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) educational system who wish to earn a university degree. His classmate in his BSc studies, Itzhak, also in Trailblazers, was his second-in-command in the combat in Gaza – “his being there with me gave me strength,” says Avraham.

Originally from Tivon, Avraham parted from the Haredi community at age 23, in the middle of his military service as an officer. He says that engineering fascinates him, and that he dreams of inventing something that will improve people’s lives.

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