Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
Tablet Magazine has another article by Chaplain David Frommer, this time about his experience during Tisha B’av in Kuwait. He draws a parallel between the catastrophe associated with Tisha B’av and his own unfortunate circumstances. However, after some introspection Frommer comes to realize that even out of destruction comes hope. Knowing little about the holiday other than the fact that […]
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I’m a little late covering these latest stories, but they are too good not to point out. The Jewish Journal has a great piece about MAJ Eric Goldie’s experiences while deployed to Iraq and elsewhere. On Shabbat, Goldie and a small group of soldiers, embassy workers and contractors — and even one Iraqi-Jewish woman — would gather in the U.S. […]
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The JWB is in the last stage of preparing their 5774 (2013-14) Jewish pocket calendar and are in need of a good cover photo. If you have a photo of Jewish servicemembers praying, eating, celebrating from any of the events of the last year that can be sent with adequate pixel density your program could be “The Poster Child” for […]
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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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