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Aleph as released their Letter of Instruction (LOI) for their seventh Annual Military Training Course and Shabbaton scheduled for the weekend of 5-9 February 2014. What follows is the actual instruction: To: All Military Chaplains, VA Chaplains, Lay Leaders and all Jewish Members of the US Armed Forces and Allied Forces. From: Chaplain (COL) Sanford L. Dresin, USA RET, Director […]
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This coming year’s JWB Jewish Chaplains Council’s Chaplain’s and Lay Leader’s Training Conference is going to be held in conjunction with the JCCs of North America Biennial Convention in San Diego, CA March 28 – April 1. You can see some videos from the last convention here. You can learn more about this year’s convention at biennial.jcca.org The conference is open to all active duty, […]
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Chaplain Frommer is in the news again, this time in The Atlantic. It’s a great article about his Sukkot experience in Kuwait. Not only is it a nice telling of holiday observance in an austere environment, but it has some intrigue: In two days, Engineer Congregant’s soldiers had secured the necessary lumber and constructed a sukkah that looked sturdy enough […]
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Tablet Magazine has another article by Chaplain David Frommer, this time about his experience during Tisha B’av in Kuwait. He draws a parallel between the catastrophe associated with Tisha B’av and his own unfortunate circumstances. However, after some introspection Frommer comes to realize that even out of destruction comes hope. Knowing little about the holiday other than the fact that […]
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The Aleph Institute just announced that the 2014 Aleph Military Chaplain / Lay Leader Training Program will take place in Miami Florida from February 5-9 . Please mark your calendars . If you have any questions, please contact Rochel Katz at rochelkatz@aleph-institute.org. For those unfamiliar with Aleph’s annual program, see the recap from this year or other years past.
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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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