Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
WASHINGTON D.C. – On the sacred ground at the Pentagon in the spot where on September 11, 2001 terrorists crashed a plane into the Pentagon killing 189 people, a Torah scroll now resides in an ornate Israeli-built ark whose steel door is secured by a safe lock. On Monday, September 28th, over 150 military personnel, guests and dignitaries gathered at […]
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As of 20 Sep 05, Ramstein AB, Germany, has something that no other Air Force Base has: a joint Jewish-Muslim Chapel. The chapel isn’t 1 big hall where different faiths alternate nights – it’s 2 identically-shaped adjacent halls, one side designed for Jewish services and the other for Muslim prayer. It’s called the Kaiserslautern Military Community Interfaith Chapel and it […]
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“The rabbi, Mitchell Schranz, would rather his congregants leave their Berettas and their M-4 rifles at home than bring them to this nondescript alcove, not far from a former palace of Saddam Hussein. But this is Camp Victory, the American military’s main headquarters in Iraq ” and Jewish soldiers don’t always have the option of welcoming Shabbat unarmed.” US Navy […]
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Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Barry Steven Roffman had ten years in the Naval Reserve before being honorably discharged in 1979. He served on 5 aircraft carriers, 4 destroyers, an amphibious communications command ship, and a minesweeper. In 1983 he enlisted in the Coast Guard Reserve as an E-5 (QM-2), and received another commission in 1985. He then worked his […]
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