Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
Chaplain Shulman recently forwarded me this article from Stars & Stripes about their seder in Grafenwohr, Germany that drew guests from all over the region. GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Break out the Haggadah and crack the matza — Passover has arrived at this small Army garrison, where U.S. Army Europe’s only Jewish chaplain is holding services for the second straight year. The […]
Read more
Tablet Magazine has a story by Chaplain David Frommer (our first cantor chaplain) about his experiences during Memorial Day in Afghanistan. It is an absolutely beautiful article that coveys a great deal of personal emotion about the experience. Just as the world of harvest pilgrimages to the ancient Temple for Shavuot seemed strange and remote in the 21st century, so […]
Read more
The JWB posted a video containing testimonials from a number of the chaplains in attendance at their conference this year. The chaplains share some of their favorite experiences as well as what the chaplaincy means to them. The video includes: Lieutenant Emily Rosenzweig, USN Captain Heather Borshoff, USA Captain Irv Elson, USN Lieutenant Josh Sherwin, USN Captain Sarah Shechter, USAF […]
Read more
There has been a great deal of back and forth lately about freedom of religion in the military and how that applies to troops “sharing” their faith with their peers. As with most issues labeled as major battles in the “War on Religion”, the extremes are getting all of the attention and making this appear to be a far bigger […]
Read more
Eric Greitens, the founder and CEO of The Mission Continues, was recently the featured guest on The Daily Show. Other than a fantastic veterans organization being featured on my favorite show on television, it was also a great joy to see a Jewish veteran representing so well. For those that didn’t catch it, Greitens was one of our featured Jews back in […]
Read more
The Jewish Press recently reported on possibly the most serendipitous reunion I have ever heard of. Joseph Rosenfeld, a survivor of Mauthausen and later an Army veteran, recently had a chance to break bread with Alan Moskin, one of the soldiers who liberated his camp back in 1945. How did they find one another? Through a long and arduous search […]
Read more