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Click here for the article body, or here for the audio. You can also read NPR’s interview with General Schwartz here. I’m not sure about the comparison to Mr. Spock – what is NPR trying to say, that all Semites look alike? – but General Schwartz’s biography is extremely exciting, and we are accordingly very proud of his achievement, and […]
Read moreFrom Aish.com, Chaplain Shulman writes about his experiences and his homecoming. This was moving: Once at the morgue, I asked one of the young soldiers who worked there if I could sit for awhile with the body, in accordance with ancient Jewish tradition. A young private walked me down the hall to a small room, where four large gurneys seemed […]
Read moreThis article includes the oratory that was done to Honor my grand-daughter A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobson at the ALS Graduation at Patrick Air Force Base. They had dedicated the graduation to Elizabeth and presented a flag to me. Two ALS graduates of the 45th Security Forces Squadron, SrA Christopher Ward who put this all together to honor Elizabeth and SSgt […]
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By ANNIE TASKER Bucks County Courier Times For Rabbi Jon Cutler, working life is markedly different these days than it was at Warrington synagogue Congregation Tiferes B’nai Israel. Cutler, 52, now commutes by helicopter, hefting a few more pounds of equipment than his back can comfortably handle. His new synagogue was established, in part, with the help of civilian contractors. […]
Read moreFrom the Post-Gazette. Jewish war veterans to meet, visit and give back to the city Monday, August 11, 2008 By Abra Metz-Dworkin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Clarence “Code” Gomberg, a World War II veteran and Pittsburgh native, is Allegheny commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, a group he has been involved with since he returned from […]
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