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Jewish Casualty in Afghan Crash
Army Specialist Daniel J. Freeman was identified as one of the 15 Americans killed in a helicopter crash last week. From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Freeman was a paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, a group known as the Red Devils, based in Vicenza, Italy. He was returning from a mission on the Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter. A heavy sandstorm is […]
Read morePassover Pilgrimage To Iraq
Jewish chaplains are hard to come by sometimes, especially in small isolated units. This problem often becomes particularly evident during holidays, when religious leaders are in high demand. To combat this problem, a New York chapter of the Jewish War Veterans is sending 12 rabbis to the Middle East to conduct seders for the troops. It’s called “Operation Matzoh Meals”. […]
Read moreGrand Opening! New Lay Leader Resource Site!
Are you a newly appointed Jewish Lay Leader? Are you thinking about becoming the Lay Leader for your military installation? How often have you felt that you were all alone in trying to figure out how to lead a service or carry out a Dvar Torah? Well don’t sweat it: you aren’t alone anymore. You can now visit a newly […]
Read moreMore Wartime Conversions
There was a big uproar the last time I wrote about conversions in Iraq, but this time there is a bit of good news on the subject. The Chicago Tribune ran a story recently about how troops tend to find religion in times of war. Go figure! For many servicemen and women, duty in Iraq stirs intense spiritual experiences, often […]
Read moreCan’t We All Just Get Along?
Michael Daly of the New York Daily News recently wrote about Rabbi Jacob Goldstein (an army chaplain), and Imam Zameer Sattaur coming together to lay to rest SPC Azhar Ali of the Fighting 69th of the New York Army National Guard. Ali was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. The article reads more like a short story than a […]
Read moreIncredible Feature on Jewish Veterans of Iraq
I’m contacted every now and then by reporters looking to do stories on Jewish service members, particularly about veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While, I have been happy with every story I’ve helped out with (so far), I have to draw particular attention to the latest work by Nextbook. It is currently running as their cover story, or you can […]
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