Year: 2009

Caveat Emptor: Deceptive Missionaries Pitch Christian Haggadah

With Pesach looming, I reprint this warning received by email: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Special/Petition/ To: Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Walmart Missionary Haggadahs Look Jewish by IsraelNN Staff A Jewish outreach organization has called on mainstream booksellers, including Barnes & Noble and Amazon, to remove a Christian missionary version of the traditional Passover Hagaddah from the Judaism sections of online and conventional bookstores. […]

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Coffee for the Troops

Alisha Margulies cares about the troops, and her concern pours forth like a freshly brewed cup of java. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Alisha has a friend or two in the 56th Brigade, now deployed to Iraq. Her father, Michael, was in the Air Force, and her brother-in-law (SGT Kresge) is also a member of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat […]

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Brothers renew bond in Iraq

February 26, 2009 Brothers Renew Bond While Serving in Iraq By Daniel Heimpel It’s a long flight. The helicopter blades cut the deep night as Aaron Schilleci travels to celebrate the 28th birthday of his younger brother, Dan, on Oct. 6, 2006. The flight passes over the calm, wide valley of the Tigris, the flat expanse of desert, an oil […]

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American Presidents and Jews

Great article in the Jewish Ledger contains some interesting tidbits about relationships between American Presidents and American Jews. Lincoln was also instrumental in having rabbis officially recognized as chaplains in the armed forces. While army chaplains of the Christian faith had been serving in the armed forces of the U.S. as far back as the revolutionary war, it was not […]

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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 […]

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Iraq to US: Return Babylonian era Torah manuscripts

by the Media Line News Agency The Iraqi Interior Ministry accused security companies working with the American military forces of attempting to smuggle out unique archeological artifacts, stating its concern that Babylonian-era Torah manuscripts were smuggled to Israel, the London-based daily Al-Hayat reported. Iraq is searching for over 9,400 artifacts that were lost or stolen since the start of the […]

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