Category: Holidays

Tisha B’Av & Messianic Judaism

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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Pesach in Grafenwohr, Germany

Chaplain Shulman recently forwarded me this article from Stars & Stripes about their seder in Grafenwohr, Germany that drew guests from all over the region. GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Break out the Haggadah and crack the matza — Passover has arrived at this small Army garrison, where U.S. Army Europe’s only Jewish chaplain is holding services for the second straight year. The […]

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Seder Kit 2.0

The JWB is seeking your input on improvements on the existing Passover Seder Participant Kit. While it is hard for beggars to be choosey, all of us who have “experienced” the seder kit knows it can leave a little to be desired. Rabbi Elson (I MEF Chaplain) is spearheading a revision of the kit to better serve those deployed during […]

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Pesach and The Civil War

The Jerusalem Post had an interesting article over Passover about Jews in the Confederate and Union armies celebrating the holiday during the war: It was April 24, 1864, at the height of the American Civil War, and in between his duties as an infantryman, young Isaac J. Levy sat down in camp on one of the intermediate days of Passover […]

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