Better Late Than Never

The White House announced September 14 that Cpl. Tibor Rubin in recognition of his courageous actions in Korea from 1950 to 1953 will be awarded the Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor will be presented to Rubin by President Bush during a White House ceremony, September 23. At age 13, Rubin was forced from his native Hungarian Jewish community […]

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The Pentagon Gets a Torah

In association with the Aleph Institute, the Pentagon Chapel will be receiving a Sefer Torah next week! There will be a special ceremony on Monday, September 28th from 1400-1500 and a meal will be served in the Executive Dining Room of the Pentagon starting at 1530 hrs. No ticket is required to attend. If anyone will be attending the event, […]

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More on the Naval Academy’s Jewish Chapel

As the dedication ceremony approaches, the media has put out a few more stories about the new Uriah P. Levy Jewish Center and Chapel. The latest is from the Staten Island Advance. It goes a little more in-depth about who Uriah Levy was and what his contributions to the Navy were. You can expect a lot more coverage starting tomorrow, […]

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Coasties & The Lost Ark

The Coast Guard (unfortunately) doesn’t get very much coverage on JIG, which makes the following story all the more unique: Thousands of people saw the movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, and most of them knew that Indiana Jones was based on a real person, famous archaeologist Dr. Vendyl Jones. Less well-known is another charismatic contender, who believes he will […]

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Jew vs Gentile?

I just wrote about the positive (or were they negative?) steps the Air Force has taken to combat the evangelical Christian atmosphere at the Air Force Academy. I still feel that the issues at the Academy are isolated and do not represent the overall atmosphere in the military today. It seems that there are a number of people who disagree […]

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Honoring Jewish Military Service

Recently two separate ceremonies, one in Massachusetts and another in North Carolina, honored local Jews who fought in WWII. On Sunday, Rubin and fellow Jewish veterans of the war, almost all of them from Massachusetts, were honored at a religious service. No longer the youths who charged in battle, age demanding that some use canes and one lean on a […]

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To Pray Or Not To Pray

That is the question… in the military these days. This week the Air Force issued new guidelines concerning public prayer and religious expression. The guidelines, caution against promoting any particular faith – or even “the idea of religion over nonreligion” – in official communications or during meetings, sports events or ceremonies. The guidelines discourage public prayers at official Air Force […]

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