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Haaretz has an new article on Rabbi Irv Elson (LCdr, USN). While it is poorly labeled, “It’s hard to get kosher food in the U.S. Marines” it really focuses on what an amazing blessing this man is to the Marines he serves. I’ve corresponded with Rabbi Elson before, but have yet to have the honor of actually meeting him. With […]
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Certainly not Maj. David Harleigh-Gyll Gurfein and his new bride Linda Fern Roth, senior producer for the CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer. Against all odds, Maj. Gurfein found his nice Jewish girl while on a mission in Iraq. I am sure any service member can attest to the difficulties in finding Jewish friends-let alone “nice Jewish girls/guys”- while in the fleet. […]
Read moreCDR Warren Tanninbaum, USNR wrote an article in the latest issue of The Navy Chaplain about the challenges of maintaining your Jewish identiry while stationed overseas. CDR Tanninbaum’s perspective is particularly interesting because he served in a location particularly void of Jews. Here are some exerpts from the article. You can read it in its entirety by downloading the full […]
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Set your VCR’s and Tivo’s for Wednesday at 10pm. The Hallmark Channel will be airing a documentary called The Four Chaplains : Sacrifice at Sea. The true story of four World War II U.S. Army chaplains who sacrificed their lives to save their comrades comes to life in “The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice at Sea,” a prime-time television special that airs […]
Read moreKeeping kosher in itself can be challenging for some people. Add the remoteness of most military bases and isolation from a large Jewish community and the challenge can get quite big. The following is kind of a personal plea for service members to help out in a very small way. My wife and I only started keeping strict kosher a […]
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Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets is looking to recruit minority students, and that includes bringing Jewish cadets into the fold. Recent statistics show that the Corps’ recruiting techniques are working to attract minority students, but they plan to do a lot more in the near future. The Corps Commandant, Gen. Van Alstyne, said that although the majority of the Corps […]
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No, this isn’t a picture of my Halloween spoils. These are just some of the things we collected and purchased to send to troops for Chanukah. With the help of some of our readers, and some local members of the Jewish community in Pensacola we managed to send out a number of bulging boxes of goodies, CDs, DVDs, books, health […]
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