Operation Hamantashen
My wife and I spent President’s Day busy in the kitchen.
We baked over 12 dozen hamentashen that will ship out along with other snacks, sweets, Shabbat candles, and cards first thing tomorrow morning.
With the extreme generosity of a few people, we collected almost $100 in donations for our Purim mailing! This allowed us to send out several more packages that originally intended. Plus, with my matching contributions we should even have some left over for our upcoming Passover mailing. Thanks for all who gave. If you still want to donate or help out, click here.
We also have a lot of people who are helping out in their own communities to send packages and cards to our deployed troops. I hope to have some information to report back about their efforts as well.
Again thanks to everyone out there helping to support our deployed troops. It’s still not too late to help out for Purim and it is defintely not to early to start thinking about Passover!
Don’t they look good?! I did have to taste-test one to make sure they were OK, but after that it was difficult to abstain from eating more… I just hope they make it to our recipients in good condition.
They look yummy!
Hello guys,
first off thank you very much for what you guys do.
How do i get in on any exciting new and stuff that is going on?
I was the lay leader in Tikrit,Iraq, but i just got a new assignment going to baghdad for a few months, so i will see what happens there.
well all the best,
good shbabos
Shalom from Israel!
I am a former Pennsylvanian who made Aliyah to Israel some 20 years ago (while still in college). Being a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces myself (I did my regular service as a combat medic in the Nahal Infantry Brigade, and am currently assigned as a medic to a reserve infantry battalion medical team), I know how hard it is to be away from family and home, and to live under tough conditions. I am writing this to let you know the Jewish personnel in the US military are in the hearts, minds and prayers of the people here in Israel.
I have been in touch by mail with some Jewish servicemen and women currently deployed in the War on Terrorism, and would be happy to correspond with others as well.
Wishing you all a hag Purim sameah!
Sincerely,
Joseph Alexander
Efrat, ISRAEL
jalexander63@yahoo.com