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Soldiers present for the pre-Rosh Hashanah service learned more about Jewish customs, prayers, and religious symbols. Maryland Defense Force Chaplain (Capt.) Chesky Tenenbaum, the first bearded defense force chaplain of any state, held a pre-Rosh Hashanah service for Maryland Guard Service members at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore, MD. Chaplain (Capt.) Tenenbaum blows the shofar, a ram’s horn, during […]
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The Jewish Journal has an article about Captain Nathan Brooks, a 33-year-old, single Orthodox Jew from Los Angeles. While the article is titled “Yom Kippur in Afghanistan”, it really focuses on the daily life and some of the challenges an Orthodox Jew like Brooks faces in a place like Afghanistan. In terms of fasting, Brooks said that although he would be […]
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Chaplain Frommer is in the news again, this time in The Atlantic. It’s a great article about his Sukkot experience in Kuwait. Not only is it a nice telling of holiday observance in an austere environment, but it has some intrigue: In two days, Engineer Congregant’s soldiers had secured the necessary lumber and constructed a sukkah that looked sturdy enough […]
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