Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
This past January, Ch. (Col.) Bonnie Koppell received an invitation she could not turn down. She was asked to travel to Iraq to conduct Passover seders for Jewish service members. After two weeks of refresher training in Soldiering/Surviving 101 in Fort Bliss, Texas, Rabbi Koppell left the U.S. just in time for the first Seder. With the help of many […]
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Colonel, U.S. Army Reserves Rabbi Bonnie Koppell, a U.S. Army Reserve chaplain since 1978, was promoted to colonel on May 3 of this year making her the first female rabbi in the U.S. Army to hold that rank. Rabbi Koppel is used to firsts, as she was the first female rabbi commissioned in the Army and is currently one of […]
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Sometimes it’s great to be in the military (or be a dependent)! About.com recently published an article about the Armed Forces Vacation Club, a little known military benefit. Through the AFVC, military members (including active and inactive members of the Guard and Reserve), retired members, military family members, and 100% disabled veterans can rent luxury condos at locations around the […]
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Steph King from the Jewish Servicemen’s Initiative passed on some helpful links to sites that have all kinds audio files to assiste with leading services and learning trope. A lot of us can read Hebrew OK, but struggle with the tunes. We’ve sifted through the original list and picked what we thought are the most useful for this purpose. Check […]
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Certainly not Maj. David Harleigh-Gyll Gurfein and his new bride Linda Fern Roth, senior producer for the CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer. Against all odds, Maj. Gurfein found his nice Jewish girl while on a mission in Iraq. I am sure any service member can attest to the difficulties in finding Jewish friends-let alone “nice Jewish girls/guys”- while in the fleet. […]
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The Washington Post recently posted an article on Doris Rubenfeld Lewis, who passed away at age 83 in May of this year. She was a “teacher and artist, a wife and mother, a draftsman-she’d never call herself a “draftsperson”-and a Coast Guard veteran of World War II.” Although she lived most of her years in the Maryland/D.C. area, Lewis was […]
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When I decided to marry my Marine, I thought I was giving up on my career goal of getting a Masters degree in Jewish Education. This is a fairly new degree, and it is only offered at a few schools-none of which are near a Marine base. It wasn’t until after the wedding, with some helpful advice from my friends […]
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