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Rabbi Landman’s memoir, My Sky Pilot Career : A Rabbi in the United States Air Force, is a wonderful look into the career of this accomplished Jewish Chaplain. For those unfamiliar with Rabbi Landman’s work, he served as an Air Force chaplain for over 25 years and played a major role in shaping the Jewish chaplaincy into what it is […]
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Story by By Molly Hayden, U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr Public Affairs. Original article via U.S. Army Public Affairs. FLOSS, Germany — It was a small but intimate gathering at the historic synagogue, here, as Chaplain Rabbi (Capt.) Andrew Shulman and members of the American and German communities honored the memory of persecuted Jews on the anniversary of Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken […]
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Story by By Molly Hayden, U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr Public Affairs. Original article via U.S. Army Public Affairs. GRAFENWOEHR, Germany (Nov. 9, 2012) — It’s been nearly 70 years since the end of World War II, but for 87-year-old U.S. Army veteran Gilbert Unger, some memories refuse to fade. “I was so naïve then,” said Unger of his 19-year-old self, admitting […]
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U.S. Army chaplain Rabbi (LTC) Avi Weiss conducts services at Forward Operating Base Shank, in Logar province, Afghanistan. Weiss conducts his last Jewish service overseas before he retires from the military in November. Photos courtesy DVIDS
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This week The Jewish Channel’s Meredith Ganzman profiled several Jewish veterans as part of a story highlighting Jewish service for Veterans Day.
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Capt. Gary Davidson at Ramstein AB has undertaken an extraordinary project: he is attempting to open all the standing synagogues in the Rhineland-Pfalz area, have a service in each, and affix a mezuzah–all in memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust. His first opening was at Odenbach, and it was a great success. The mayor spoke, and 51 people […]
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