Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
The Aleph Institute just announced that the 2014 Aleph Military Chaplain / Lay Leader Training Program will take place in Miami Florida from February 5-9 . Please mark your calendars . If you have any questions, please contact Rochel Katz at rochelkatz@aleph-institute.org. For those unfamiliar with Aleph’s annual program, see the recap from this year or other years past.
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By Ann Zivitz Kientz, Director of Programming for the Institute of Southern Jewish Life When we brought our baby son home from the hospital nearly 27 years ago, we imagined many things for his future. The Army wasn’t one of them. The Jewish Chaplains Council estimates that there are currently around 10,000 active duty men and women known to be […]
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I’d like to share an excellent program run by the JWB that helps to get Torahs in the hands of chaplains and lay leaders around the globe. Jewish military chaplains certified by JWB, and lay leaders trained by JWB, run services, conduct Seders, and offer comfort to Jewish personnel. But all too often, when conducting services, they are lacking the […]
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The National Museum of American Jewish Military History (NMAJMH) in Washington D.C. has a program for memorializing Jewish veterans who are no longer with us. The museum has an electronic yahrzeit board where names are displayed on a video screen in the museum exhibit area and also on the Yahrzeit web page on the date of the yahrzeit. The information may also […]
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The Military Times has a nice eulogy for Senator Frank Lautenberg. In addition to his service in the Senate, Lautenberg was also an Army veteran of WWII. His casket was set to arrive at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday and lie in repose in the Senate chamber, on the Lincoln Catafalque, a bier that was built for the coffin of Abraham […]
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Last week, the New York Times ran a piece by LTG (ret) Karl W. Eikenberry, (the US Commander in Afghanistan from 2005 to 2007 and the ambassador there from 2009 to 2011) titled “Americans and Their Military, Drifting Apart“. I found the piece particularly interesting, because I share the same views that there is a growing disconnect between the real […]
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Well, not quite 101, but Aish posted an article for Memorial Day that contains a number of interesting facts and tidbits about Jewish military service. Among them: George Washington directly commanded 40 Jewish soldiers. Every adult Jewish male in Charleston, South Carolina, fought for independence. Judah Philip Benjamin served both as Secretary of War and Secretary of State for the […]
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