Memorial Day 2020- Max Steinberg

Max Steinberg travelled to Israel with his brother on a Birthright program — though he was not very enthralled with the idea at the time. This changed after he paid a visit to Mt. Herzl a few days after landing in Israel. It was then that he decided to make Aliyah and serve in the IDF. Max enlisted in Golani and, despite missing his parents and home abroad, he felt Israel was the place to be.

On July 20, 2014, a beloved son and brother, Sgt.Max Steinberg, was killed in action, along with many of his fellow brothers, sacrificing his life for the land and people of Israel that he grew to love. Mission accomplished.

The People of Israel returned this love when hundreds of Israelis accompanied Max on his last journey – to his final resting place at the Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem. Many of those who came to the funeral were civilians who had never met Max, but had come in response to the request, through the media, to accompany him on this last journey.

“Max was always my hero”, his mother said, but now he is  a hero to millions of people in Israel, and to Jews throughout the world.