Photo Contest Winners!

The results are in and here are the results for our First Annual Jews in Green Photo Contest (click on a photo to view it in the gallery): 1st Prize goes to CPT Elizabeth Levitt for her photo of her Channukah celebration in Iraq.   2nd Prize goes to 1LT Daniel Minkow for his photo of him and the base […]

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Hanukkah in Kabul

Editors Note: The following story was submitted by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Susan H. Meisner, from the Office of Military Cooperation – Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan Jewish personnel-Soldiers, sailors, Marines, airman and civilians-gathered with their friends and co-workers to celebrate Hanukkah on tiny Kabul Compound, Afghanistan. While they didn’t have a minyan, they had plenty of spirit, as they took turns […]

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Chaplain Deploys, Serves Jewish Personnel in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan -The Chaplain’s office sent out a brief e-mail-a Rabbi was coming for the Jewish High Holidays. While Chaplain (Captain) Avrohom Horovitz led services in Bagram for Rosh Hashanah and in Kandahar for Yom Kippur, his presence in Kabul between the holidays-and in the theater-was a boost to Jewish servicemen and women. Kabul Army Education Center Counselor Sheila Dickerman […]

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Jewish Marines play for the President

The Washington Jewish Week reports on a pair of Jewish Marines who performed for the Presidnet during the recent inauguration as part of the Marine Band. Gunnery Sergeant Kenneth Wolin or Staff Sergeant Jonathan D. Bisesi are percussionists with the United States Marine Band. Read the full article HERE.

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Field Conversions

I hate to start back on a sour note, but this story just really bugged me. The Baptist Press (for what it’s worth), recently reported on Army Captain Andy Taylor, a Baptist chaplain currently serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The contents of the article disturbed me quite a bit. It proudly talks about how CPT Taylor converted a Jewish soldier: […]

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Anthony Jason Popkin

Sergeant, U.S. Army SGT Popkin enlisted in the Army in 1999.  Following his initial training, he was stationed at Fort Riley, KS.  There he served as the commo chief of tank company in 1/13th Armor, which included an NTC rotation at Fort Irwin, CA.  From April of 2002 to December of 2003, SGT Popkin was stationed at Camp Carrole (Waegwan, […]

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