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In this powerful and eye-opening episode of the None of Your Business Podcast, Michael Greenfield and Ushy Schwartz sit down with Chaim Meisels and Akiva Shapiro, two unexpected warriors who left their lives behind to fight for Israel. Their journeys from vastly different backgrounds—one from the Satmar Hasidic community, the other navigating dual citizenship—led them both to the Israeli Defense Forces, a decision that would change their lives forever.
Chaim grew up in Williamsburg, surrounded by a world that rejected Zionism, yet he felt an undeniable pull toward the Jewish homeland and the fight to protect it. What started as a fascination with the Holocaust turned into a burning mission to stand with Israel—even if it meant leaving behind everything he knew. Akiva, born in Israel but raised in America, found himself forced into ...