More on the Naval Academy’s Jewish Chapel

As the dedication ceremony approaches, the media has put out a few more stories about the new Uriah P. Levy Jewish Center and Chapel. The latest is from the Staten Island Advance. It goes a little more in-depth about who Uriah Levy was and what his contributions to the Navy were. You can expect a lot more coverage starting tomorrow, […]

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Coasties & The Lost Ark

The Coast Guard (unfortunately) doesn’t get very much coverage on JIG, which makes the following story all the more unique: Thousands of people saw the movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, and most of them knew that Indiana Jones was based on a real person, famous archaeologist Dr. Vendyl Jones. Less well-known is another charismatic contender, who believes he will […]

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Jew vs Gentile?

I just wrote about the positive (or were they negative?) steps the Air Force has taken to combat the evangelical Christian atmosphere at the Air Force Academy. I still feel that the issues at the Academy are isolated and do not represent the overall atmosphere in the military today. It seems that there are a number of people who disagree […]

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Honoring Jewish Military Service

Recently two separate ceremonies, one in Massachusetts and another in North Carolina, honored local Jews who fought in WWII. On Sunday, Rubin and fellow Jewish veterans of the war, almost all of them from Massachusetts, were honored at a religious service. No longer the youths who charged in battle, age demanding that some use canes and one lean on a […]

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To Pray Or Not To Pray

That is the question… in the military these days. This week the Air Force issued new guidelines concerning public prayer and religious expression. The guidelines, caution against promoting any particular faith – or even “the idea of religion over nonreligion” – in official communications or during meetings, sports events or ceremonies. The guidelines discourage public prayers at official Air Force […]

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The Navy’s Shul

After nine years of work and at a cost of almost $9 million, the U.S. Naval Academy’s Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel will open this month. The official opening ceremonies will take place the weekend of September 16-18. The academy estimates that some 1.5 million visitors will tour the facility during its first year. If you are in […]

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Core Values

Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff was in SW Asia last week, visiting the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad AB. He’s there as the Secretary of the AF’s special assistant for values and visions. Rabbi Resnicoff is trying learn how airmen are applying the AF core values and guiding principles now that they’re in a wartime environment. As a line officer in […]

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