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The News Tribune reports on the efforts of Army Chaplain LTC Avi Weiss to assist Jewish troops stationed at Fort Lewis. Rabbi Weiss has been on and off active duty and even spent some time in Jerusalem in-between his tours. Evidently a Jewish chaplain is a very welcome sight for the Jewish community on and off base. This will be […]
Read moreEditors Note: The following is an excerpt from Howard Leavtt’s Semper Chai , an amazing book that profiles numerous Jewish Marines through many generations. It’s Tough To Be the Only One As he puts it, he was the only Jewish Marine officer in his outfit most of the time in the Corps. In fact, he was the only Jewish Marine […]
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Shalom Lamm, a member of JISNA, and a regular reader of Jews in Green, has created a most unique hannukiah this year. The structure is built around nine 44mm anti-aircraft artillery shells. The base is built-up wood with dental molding, stained and with cutouts to secure the shells. The concept was to take objects of war and violence, and to […]
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CNN reports on a a Cub Scout pack in Houston, Texas that went out of their way to ensure deployed Jewish troops have a happy Channukah this year. As part of a service project, Pack 1190 from Congregation Emanu El prepared care packages with Hanukkah candles, menorahs and dreidels-giving Lowit and 150 other soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait a […]
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Operation Military Pride, a volunteer organization that assists in sending care packages to troops overseas, has a great guide for sending packags overseas. We have received a lot of requests from readers that want to send packages to deployed troops, so this should answer a lot of questions people have. You can check out their site at www.operationmilitarypride.org/packages.html. There you’ll […]
Read moreThe JTA reports that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the case of David Tenenbaum, an engineer at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command. Tenenbaum claimed he was subjected to 11 years of investigations and discrimination because he was Jewish and was feared to be spying for Israel. Tenenbaum tried suing the Army for discrimination, but lower courts as […]
Read moreThe Colorado Springs Gazette recently reported that the Air Force Academy is facing some allegations of religious bias. Some of the more serious incidents include: “Nonbelievers” were forced to march in the “heathen flight” during basic training. For at least 10 years, an advertisement proclaiming, “We believe that Jesus Christ is the only real hope for the World,” ran in […]
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