Sen. Lautenberg Laid To Rest

The Military Times has a nice eulogy for Senator Frank Lautenberg. In addition to his service in the Senate, Lautenberg was also an Army veteran of WWII. His casket was set to arrive at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday and lie in repose in the Senate chamber, on the Lincoln Catafalque, a bier that was built for the coffin of Abraham […]

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Jewish West Point

In the Jerusalem Post’s travel section (of all places) there is an interesting article about the Jewish experience of visiting The United States Military Academy at West Point. The article intends to highlight the benefits of getting off the beaten path while in New York and checking out some of the lesser known sights like West Point. The great part […]

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Pesach in Grafenwohr, Germany

Chaplain Shulman recently forwarded me this article from Stars & Stripes about their seder in Grafenwohr, Germany that drew guests from all over the region. GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Break out the Haggadah and crack the matza — Passover has arrived at this small Army garrison, where U.S. Army Europe’s only Jewish chaplain is holding services for the second straight year. The […]

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Chaplain Reflects on Memorial Day in Afghanistan

Tablet Magazine has a story by Chaplain David Frommer (our first cantor chaplain) about his experiences during Memorial Day in Afghanistan. It is an absolutely beautiful article that coveys a great deal of personal emotion about the experience. Just as the world of harvest pilgrimages to the ancient Temple for Shavuot seemed strange and remote in the 21st century, so […]

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Liberator and Liberated, Both Veterans, Reunite

The Jewish Press recently reported on possibly the most serendipitous reunion I have ever heard of. Joseph Rosenfeld, a survivor of Mauthausen and later an Army veteran, recently had a chance to break bread with Alan Moskin, one of the soldiers who liberated his camp back in 1945. How did they find one another? Through a long and arduous search […]

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Army Brigade Remembers the Holocaust

The 174th Infantry Brigade, First Army Division East, held a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony last week at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.. Joshua Brisk, a Holocaust survivor was the guest speaker for the event. Brisk is one of the youngest Holocaust survivors of the Bistritz Ghetto and Auschwitz. After 11 months in Auschwitz he was transferred to Dachau and subsequently liberated by American Soldiers. Among the […]

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Pesach and The Civil War

The Jerusalem Post had an interesting article over Passover about Jews in the Confederate and Union armies celebrating the holiday during the war: It was April 24, 1864, at the height of the American Civil War, and in between his duties as an infantryman, young Isaac J. Levy sat down in camp on one of the intermediate days of Passover […]

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