Jewish Women Recruited

614, the magazine of Hadassah at the Brandeis Institute, as devoted their current issue to Jewish women in the military. There are a number of interesting articles available online – definitely worth a look. The idea was inspired by the exhibit, “Women in the Military: A Jewish Perspective,” at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History – also well worth a […]

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Marines Honor Fallen Heroes at Jewish Center

Via The Forward Magazine: “In front of the Torah, we pay tribute to those who served our country,” said Rabbi Yosie Levine of the Jewish Center, in Manhattan, which hosted the May 30 Jewish Community Memorial Day Event, “An Appreciation of America’s Service Members.” With a U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard on the bimah, Levine told the guests: “Each Shabbat we […]

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The Soldiers Project

It has been a few years since we posted something about The Soldiers Project. The group is a 501C3 that offers free psychotherapy for anyone (of any branch) who has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, or surrounding countries. They also offer free therapy to any military recruiter (because of their higher suicide rates) or any recent service member who has had […]

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Kosher Troops

Back when I first started Jews in Green, one of my self-imposed missions was to send care packages to deployed Jews. While we had some early success with that, it ended up being too much of a challenge to consistently come through for those in need. What we really needed was a dedicated organization whose entire focus is arranging for […]

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LT Steven Zilberman

Ed. Note: This post has been a long time overdue. Steve was a close friend of mine as are our families. He died while I was deployed and had hoped to run this story on the one year anniversary, but couldn’t make it happen. I thought it better to be a little late and remember him properly than to rush […]

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Military Chevra Kadisha

I just finished watching Taking Chance, an excellent movie about escorting a fallen Marine home to his family. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. I’ve served as a Casualty Assistance Calls Officer (CACO) in some my units, but thankfully never had to specifically carry out those duties. Throughout my training I was always amazed to what lengths […]

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