Announcing OperationSupportJewsintheMilitary.com

The following blog post “Operation Support Jews in the Military: My Newest Do-Gooder Project” appeared on my blog http://www.dogooderscrooge.blogspot.com on January 15. In the future I will blog about this project at http://www.mrslieutenant.blogspot.com. I hope you will help spread the word about this project, as well as help provide information as to which military bases are in the most need of civilian Jewish community support.

Over the past few months I’ve been contemplating how I could help with the problem of a drastic shortage of Jewish chaplains in the military. I’ve talked to people who are interested in helping, and people who have put up obstacles to helping.

And then on December 31 I had an epiphany. I could utilize everything I’ve been learning about internet marketing to start a “citizens’ movement” in support of Jews in the military. And as my company Miller Mosaic, LLC was already building websites for clients, we built one for this project.

Introducing http://www.OperationSupportJewsintheMilitary.com . I’m not trying to raise money – I’m trying to raise awareness of the need for the U.S. Jewish community to support Jews in the military. This support can take a variety of avenues, from inviting Jewish personnel from nearby bases to synagogue services to providing online discounts to military personnel for Jewish products such as Shabbat candlesticks.

I hope you will consider checking out this site, and then emailing the domain name to people you know who might help to get the word out. My goal is to have the U.S. Jewish community use this site as a focal point for supporting Jews in the military.