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Operation Military Pride, a volunteer organization that assists in sending care packages to troops overseas, has a great guide for sending packags overseas. We have received a lot of requests from readers that want to send packages to deployed troops, so this should answer a lot of questions people have. You can check out their site at www.operationmilitarypride.org/packages.html. There you’ll […]
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No, this isn’t a picture of my Halloween spoils. These are just some of the things we collected and purchased to send to troops for Chanukah. With the help of some of our readers, and some local members of the Jewish community in Pensacola we managed to send out a number of bulging boxes of goodies, CDs, DVDs, books, health […]
Read moreUriel Heilman over at the JTA recently wrote a great article about celebrating the holidays overseas. In the article, Rabbi Felzenberg talks about his battalion’s own Army engineers bulding him a sukkah, “which could likely withstand a hurricane!†He is also trying to get the welders to make “a nice display-size menorah for Chanukah. How is that for support! It’s […]
Read moreShavuot begins Tuesday evening, May 25, and continues until Thursday evening, May 27, 2004. Shavuot seems to be one of those lesser known holidays in the Jewish calendar, so for those (myself included) who could use a little more explanation, About.com has a great article about the holiday’s customs, history, and even some Shavuot recipes. For the more advanced readers, […]
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Here’s one for the history books! This year, over 100 U.S. Jewish troops, civilians, and even a few Iraqi nationals celebrated Passover in a very unique location: Saddam Husseins former Presidential Palace in Baghdad. The seder was organized and lead by Rabbi Mitchell Ackerson (LTC, USA), the senior chaplain for the US Army 220th Military Police Brigade. Update: Click on […]
Read moreTis the season for Passover stories I guess. The Free Lance-Star has a story online about a retired Marine near Quantico who opened his home to a young Second Lieutenant on Pesach. The story itself is not that remarkable, but LtCol Haas deserves a special yesher koach for all his service at Quantico. He volunteered his own time to lead […]
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MSNBC has a great story about a number of Jewish soldiers celebrating passover in the middle of fighting in Iraq. It’s almost a year old now, but I think it is a perfect example of how we can honor our traditions even in the most unlikely and inconvenient of places. If you have any unique and interesting stories like this […]
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