Author: Susan Meisner

Hanukkah in Kabul

Editors Note: The following story was submitted by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Susan H. Meisner, from the Office of Military Cooperation – Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan Jewish personnel-Soldiers, sailors, Marines, airman and civilians-gathered with their friends and co-workers to celebrate Hanukkah on tiny Kabul Compound, Afghanistan. While they didn’t have a minyan, they had plenty of spirit, as they took turns […]

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Chaplain Deploys, Serves Jewish Personnel in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan -The Chaplain’s office sent out a brief e-mail-a Rabbi was coming for the Jewish High Holidays. While Chaplain (Captain) Avrohom Horovitz led services in Bagram for Rosh Hashanah and in Kandahar for Yom Kippur, his presence in Kabul between the holidays-and in the theater-was a boost to Jewish servicemen and women. Kabul Army Education Center Counselor Sheila Dickerman […]

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