Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
The Fighting Rabbis by Albert Slomovitz is a book I’ve had on my shelf for some time, but finally got around to reading recently. At first it appears this is going to just be a long and dry history of the Jewish chaplaincy. However, after I gave it a chapter or two it was clear that this was a bit […]
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Late last month, Aleph held their 6th annual Military Jewish Chaplain Training Course and Shabbat with Our Troops program. More than 50 U.S. military personnel from around the nation took part in the weekend, which drew a crowd of 500 for Friday night services and 350 for Friday night dinner. Some community members who turned up to show their support […]
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In an attempt to train chaplains in the realities of battlefield conditions, the Army is using computer simulation to present trainees with “spiritual triage” scenarios. By all accounts, it is the first time [Engineering & Computer Simulations] has tackled the sometimes thorny issue of war and faith. Considered the country’s largest cluster of military-training contractors, the local industry is known […]
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[Editor’s Note: This story was “lost” for a year and a half, but its call to arms for Jewish communities with military members is as relevant today as it was when it was originally authored.] I have just returned to my home in the hinterlands of rural Georgia from the big city of Washington, DC and have been contemplating a suddenly clear […]
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