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One of the challenges of being a Jew in the service is finding ways to be observant when stationed in a remote location. That remote location doesn’t necessarily have to be in someplace like Iraq or Afghanistan either. Sometimes it’s just as difficult to find a Jewish outlet in small bases stateside. In addition, being away from other Jews can […]
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Every time I think I’ve heard it all, something like this comes along. The World Net Daily is reporting that lawmakers have instructed the U.S. Army not to use Israeli made ammunition in Iraq or Afghanistan. The issue surrounds the U.S. Army’s $70 million purchase of small arms ammunition from the Israeli company IMI. Rep. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii and […]
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Stars and Stripes has an interesting article about Rabbi Brett C. Oxman’s (LTC, USAF) recent travels to Sasebo, Japan. It shouldn’t come as too big of a surprise that Sasebo has a very small Jewish military community. Lt. Howard Polanski, a dentist at the base’s Navy Branch Dental Clinic, and his wife Nina, helped to organize chaplain Oxman’s visit. Lt. […]
Read moreCaptain Alan Bright (USAFR), a rabbi from a Montreal congregation, was recently called up to active duty to serve as the Jewish chaplain at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. For those that don’t know, Ramstein is the main spot for medevacs from Iraq that need critical care as well as the first stop for most bodies before their return to […]
Read moreThe following are excerpts of an article by Jennifer Kavanaugh from the Metro Daily West News* Life sometimes forces choices that are too awful to be considered real choices, and William Feinberg weighed his fate as a 19-year-old Army soldier in a World War II prison camp. “It was dangerous, no matter which way you go,” Feinberg said. “If I […]
Read moreThe following are excerpts of an article by Andrew Lightman from the Newton Tab* Sixty years after his assault on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, Melvin Bloom remembers the noise and smell most vividly. The dunes were steep and high, like a wall, said Bloom, an 81-year-old Navy veteran. The Germans had dug in and were blasting the beach with […]
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