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A recent Air Force Times story discusses the service’s intent to significantly cut the number of active duty chaplains. By the end of [the] fiscal year… the Air Force will have no more than 480 active-duty chaplains – the total stands at 528 today – and the number could dip to 470, according to the Office of the Chief of […]
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As someone who has done a couple of tours in Japan, I can attest that “local” Jewish culture is hard to find in the Far East. I had some pleasant experiences with on-base communities, but I never did find a kosher restaraunt or local synagogue in town. It turns out that this isn’t the case everywhere. There are thriving Jewish […]
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By Jeanette Friedman Oct 31, 2010 12:00 PM Eleven-year-old Shaina Agami, preparing to celebrate her bat mitzvah next year, could have chosen any number of fun things to do to infuse meaning into the special day. Instead, the South Florida girl is working to ensure that people will always remember her brother Danny, a vibrant 25-year-old cut down in the […]
Read moreOne of my main concerns with the debate over DADT has been that neither side is keen on getting their facts straight. On one side are those complaining of judicial activism and then-President Clinton acting without the consent of Congress. On the other are those who claim our whole system will fall apart, short-manned and broken, if we don’t let […]
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BK: Doug Chandler is an acquaintence and a journalist who has taken an interest in covering American Jewish military service. Check out his work! The Jews Of ‘Restrepo’ Sgt. Misha Pemble-Belkin, left, is one of 11 soldiers featured in the new film “Restrepo,” about U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Doug Chandler His parents gave Misha Pemble-Belkin a […]
Read moreThe first week at United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, our instructor platoon commander pulled me aside and asked whether I needed kosher meals. “Good evening, Sir. This candidate does not want the Platoon Commander to go out of his way for this candidate, Sir, I stammered, standing at stiff attention, still tentative with my candidate-speak. “I don’t care […]
Read moreThree times Sgt. William Shemin dashed into the no-man’s land between the trenches. Each time, with rifle and machine gun bullets flying around him, he dragged a wounded comrade to safety. Then, when several leaders of his platoon were killed or injured, he took command and “showed great initiative under fire” until he, too, was wounded, felled by a machine […]
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