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The Jewish Daily Forward comes through again with 13 more profiles of Jewish servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Most of these 13 were already listed on our Yarzheit List, but the Forward does its usual excellent job of telling the real story of each of these brave souls. It is well worth the read. Also, if you […]
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Earlier this month, I received this great report from Chaplain Shlomo Shulman, who is currently stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany. Yesterday in the PX, I ran into a couple of senior Israeli officers attending a planning conference at Grafenwöhr. There are 27 of them altogether, but 5 of them keep kosher, so they’d been eating army rations in their hotel room […]
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This past weekend I had the distinct honor of being the keynote speaker for my fraternity’s annual convention. When I was first approached to do this, I asked myself what you are probably asking yourself now – “why on earth would they pick me to be a keynote speaker?” For those of you unfamiliar with the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, it […]
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Editors Note: We often hear from parents who are hesitant about their children joining the military. Here is a great tale about a mom who learned a little about herself when her son was accepted to the U.S. Military Academy. It was originally published in on J. Weekly and republished here with the authors permission. “You don’t mind me applying […]
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On The Cross-Country TransAmerican Trail, “The Road Less Traveled” KosherTroops is an organization dedicated to supporting the American Jewish Troops with care packages throughout the year and on major Jewish Holidays. The KosherTroop Team will be driving an SUV on the 4,200 mile dirt road trail across America, to raise awareness of Jewish Troops serving in the United States Military. The […]
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The Jewish Daily Forward recently profiled six Jewish women who played important roles in the Civil War. About 10,000 Jewish men fought in the Civil War, for both the Union and Confederate armies. When these soldiers set off for battle, they left behind their wives, sisters and daughters, who stayed to raise the children and run the households and, sometimes, […]
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It has been almost a year since the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT). Admittedly, I was one of the skeptics that thought that allowing gays to serve openly in the military would be a bad idea. While I have supported full rights to gays in the civilian world for some time now, I had bought into the idea […]
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