Capt. (Res.) Shadi Khalloul lives on the border with Lebanon.  He is an Israeli Aramaic Christian Maronite from Kfar Birem and served as a lieutenant in a paratrooper division in the IDF. He is Chairman of the Aramaic Christian Association.  Shadi is an entrepreneur and works to build bridges between Christians and Jews in Israel. He is also involved in activities to revive Aramaic-Syriac as a spoken language among Maronites and other Christians in Israel.