Chanukah in Grafenwöhr
More great photos from Chaplain Shulman in Grafenwöhr, Germany.
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Chanukkah Letters to Troops
Chaplain Candidate (1LT) Andrew Scheer, a Chaplain Candidate in the US Army Reserve and a student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah sent in the great letters in the gallery below. Lieutenant Scheer’s teacher, Rabbi Dov Lerea, asked his 10th graders at SAR High School in Riverdale write letters to Jewish soldiers wishing them a Happy Hannukah and thanking them for their […]
Read moreHoliday Coloring Pages For Kids
One of our readers who creates colorable products for children to help them through deployments made a special version for Channukah. She graciously offered JIG readers a FREE downloadable Channukah (and Thanksgiving) coloring pages for your kids (or adults who really like to color). You can click on either of the images below to download the files.
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Photos: Rosh Hashanah
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 […]
Read moreYom Kippur in Afghanistan
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 […]
Read moreBuilding a Sukkah in Kuwait
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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