Author: SSG Brian Kresge

Caveat Emptor: Deceptive Missionaries Pitch Christian Haggadah

With Pesach looming, I reprint this warning received by email: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Special/Petition/ To: Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Walmart Missionary Haggadahs Look Jewish by IsraelNN Staff A Jewish outreach organization has called on mainstream booksellers, including Barnes & Noble and Amazon, to remove a Christian missionary version of the traditional Passover Hagaddah from the Judaism sections of online and conventional bookstores. […]

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Coffee for the Troops

Alisha Margulies cares about the troops, and her concern pours forth like a freshly brewed cup of java. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Alisha has a friend or two in the 56th Brigade, now deployed to Iraq. Her father, Michael, was in the Air Force, and her brother-in-law (SGT Kresge) is also a member of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat […]

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American Presidents and Jews

Great article in the Jewish Ledger contains some interesting tidbits about relationships between American Presidents and American Jews. Lincoln was also instrumental in having rabbis officially recognized as chaplains in the armed forces. While army chaplains of the Christian faith had been serving in the armed forces of the U.S. as far back as the revolutionary war, it was not […]

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Iraq to US: Return Babylonian era Torah manuscripts

by the Media Line News Agency The Iraqi Interior Ministry accused security companies working with the American military forces of attempting to smuggle out unique archeological artifacts, stating its concern that Babylonian-era Torah manuscripts were smuggled to Israel, the London-based daily Al-Hayat reported. Iraq is searching for over 9,400 artifacts that were lost or stolen since the start of the […]

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Celebrating Chanukah on a Military Base

From the St. Louis Jewish Light: By Jill Kassander Special to the jewish Light The caravan of cars filled with members of the Jewish War Veterans Post #644 left the Jewish Federation building on Sunday and headed to Scott Air Force Base to celebrate Hanukkah with military personnel and their families. More than 40 people of all ages joined in […]

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US Army Defends Conduct in Tenenbaum Case

By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Army’s top lawyer is disputing a critical government report that concluded faith instead of facts drove the investigation of a civilian employee wrongly suspected of spying for Israel. The report by the Pentagon inspector general found the employee, David Tenenbaum, an Orthodox Jew, was targeted by counterintelligence agents because of his religion. […]

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