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As we approach Memorial Day 2015, the National Museum of American Jewish Military History is remembering some Jewish individuals who have died in military service. See the entire Tumblr blog. http://nmajmh.tumblr.com/post/119529300905/corporal-roger-briskin-born-april-17-1947
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On June 2, 2015, President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to Army Sergeant William Shemin and to Army Private Henry Johnson for conspicuous gallantry during World War I. Sergeant William Shemin will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions while serving as a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American […]
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Rachelle David – of the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School in Great Neck, New York – will attend the United Stated Military Academy at West Point this fall. This news made the headlines recently mostly because she will be the first female Orthodox yeshiva graduate to attend West Point. Perhaps the highest profile article was in the New York Times. This […]
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For the second year, the Normandy Kaddish Project is requesting that people around the country and the world say kaddish at Shabbat services on June 5th for those that fell in the vicious fighting in 1944 at Normandy. June 6th is the anniversary of D-Day, when the Allied invasion of Normandy began. There are 149 American Jewish graves at the Normandy American Cemetery. These names […]
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Sunday, March 8, 2015, 1:00 p.m. Lee Mandel on Chaplain Roland Gittelsohn: Unlikely Warrior Michael Bloom on the History of the Military Siddur In 1945, when a fellow chaplain opposed Jewish participation in the religious service dedicating the 5th Marine Division Cemetery at Iwo Jima, Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn ended up giving his eulogy to a much smaller group of Jewish […]
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On November 11, 2014, the National Museum of American Jewish Military History will be holding a Veterans Day celebration for the opening of their new core exhibit: Jews in the American Military. The museum will be open from 1 to 5 PM. The dedication of the exhibit will be at 3 PM with refreshments to follow. From New Amsterdam in 1654 to Afghanistan today, […]
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Rabbi Aaron Landes, a retired Rear Admiral and former chairman of the Jewish Welfare Board, passed away last week at his home in Elkins Park, PA after a long battle with leukemia. Rabbi Landes had a long and distinguished career devoted to Jewish service both in and out of the military. He was involved in the creation of the Jewish […]
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