Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
One of the most popular topics among Jews in the military is kashrut and more specifically, kosher rations. Here at Jews in Green, we regularly receive several hits a week from people searching for kosher MREs on Google. I wrote a brief article on kosher MREs as one of the first stories on Jews in Green, but I’ve come to […]
Read moreThis past Friday, I had the distinct pleasure of being interviewed by Rabbi Herschel Finman on The Jewish Hour, a weekly radio program on Detroit’s WPON. The offer for the interview came out of the blue, and I was a little unsure about doing it, but it turned out to be a great experience. I’ve already thanked Rabbi Finman personally, […]
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EDITORS NOTE: The following is an article submitted by Neil Block (Capt USN Ret), the Navy-half of the incredible Army-Navy lay leader team at Fort Benning, Georgia. The story of the team is an amazing one and they are performing a truly valuable service to the Jewish men and women who serve and train at the base. Each year the […]
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Editors Note: The following is an excerpt from Howard Leavitt’s Semper Chai , an amazing book that profiles numerous Jewish Marines through many generations. This is the first of many features to come from Mr. Leavitt. Sheldon Gross landed on Iwo Jima on D-Day with the fifth wave on February 19, 1945 and participated in combat action there as a […]
Read moreWBIR, in Tennessee reports that a local man who distributes commemorative medals for fallen service members will no longer receive support from the U.S. Army. Bob Parker, founder of Fallen Friend used to receive the names and ranks of servicemen and women directly from the Army so he could distribute his medals. The reason the Army has discontinued its support […]
Read moreThe New Jersey Star Ledger has a touching article honoring Sgt Alan David Sherman, a Jewish marine who was killed last week in Iraq when a roadside bomb tore through his convoy. Donations to the Sgt. Alan Sherman Memorial Education Fund can be made in care of the Jewish Community Foundation of Monmouth County, 100 Grant Ave., Deal, N.J. 07723.
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The Washington Post recently posted an article on Doris Rubenfeld Lewis, who passed away at age 83 in May of this year. She was a “teacher and artist, a wife and mother, a draftsman-she’d never call herself a “draftsperson”-and a Coast Guard veteran of World War II.” Although she lived most of her years in the Maryland/D.C. area, Lewis was […]
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