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[Ed. Note: I’m a little late in posting this, but it’s still worth checking out. Especially since they have a special program just for military families.] A new online education services company, ShalomLearning, is launching an interactive “all-online” Hebrew school course for military families that are looking to bring Judaism into their homes. ShalomLearning, a pluralistic and values-based platform that […]
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This coming year’s JWB Jewish Chaplains Council’s Chaplain’s and Lay Leader’s Training Conference is going to be held in conjunction with the JCCs of North America Biennial Convention in San Diego, CA March 28 – April 1. You can see some videos from the last convention here. You can learn more about this year’s convention at biennial.jcca.org The conference is open to all active duty, […]
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Soldiers present for the pre-Rosh Hashanah service learned more about Jewish customs, prayers, and religious symbols. Maryland Defense Force Chaplain (Capt.) Chesky Tenenbaum, the first bearded defense force chaplain of any state, held a pre-Rosh Hashanah service for Maryland Guard Service members at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore, MD. Chaplain (Capt.) Tenenbaum blows the shofar, a ram’s horn, during […]
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The Jewish Journal has an article about Captain Nathan Brooks, a 33-year-old, single Orthodox Jew from Los Angeles. While the article is titled “Yom Kippur in Afghanistan”, it really focuses on the daily life and some of the challenges an Orthodox Jew like Brooks faces in a place like Afghanistan. In terms of fasting, Brooks said that although he would be […]
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Chaplain Frommer is in the news again, this time in The Atlantic. It’s a great article about his Sukkot experience in Kuwait. Not only is it a nice telling of holiday observance in an austere environment, but it has some intrigue: In two days, Engineer Congregant’s soldiers had secured the necessary lumber and constructed a sukkah that looked sturdy enough […]
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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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