Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
The JWB is seeking your input on improvements on the existing Passover Seder Participant Kit. While it is hard for beggars to be choosey, all of us who have “experienced” the seder kit knows it can leave a little to be desired. Rabbi Elson (I MEF Chaplain) is spearheading a revision of the kit to better serve those deployed during […]
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The Veterans History Project (VHP) of the Library of Congress is an oral history program that collects and preserves the first-hand interviews of America’s wartime veterans. Among their many collections, is one devoted specifically to Jewish veterans of WWII. It’s an interesting window into the daily lives and experiences of these young men when they went off to war. In addition to […]
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The Jerusalem Post had an interesting article over Passover about Jews in the Confederate and Union armies celebrating the holiday during the war: It was April 24, 1864, at the height of the American Civil War, and in between his duties as an infantryman, young Isaac J. Levy sat down in camp on one of the intermediate days of Passover […]
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All photos courtesy of DVIDS.
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Ask any Jew serving in the military if they’ve ever heard the question, “what’s a nice Jewish boy (or girl) like you doing in the military?”, and he or she is likely to roll their eyes and answer with a resounding “yes.” Most of us just smile and answer politely, but there is more to this question than a mild […]
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Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mark Ferguson USN will be the key note speaker at the JWB annual conference at the Naval Academy Annapolis MD. When he was Chief of Naval Personal, then VADM Ferguson was the key player in expanding the SECNAV Instruction allowing broader access to kosher food. The Vice Chief Of Naval Operations (VCNO) administers the […]
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It’s time again for the Aleph Institute’s annual auction fundraiser. For those that don’t know about Aleph, they do an enormous amount work for Jews in the military. They also support Jews who are incarcerated*. In order to continue their good work, they require a great deal of fundraising. Their annual auction is by far their largest effort in this […]
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