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Every year I look at the up coming Holidays, wondering how I’m going to approach asking for the holidays off. I took leave for Rosh Hashanah both days this year because I didn’t feel like I knew my supervisor well enough to ask for those days off without leave (I just PCS’d in to the squadron). A week before Yom […]
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We often hear of young men and women “coming of age” on the battlefield, but two soldiers recently brought a whole new meaning to the term. Private First Class Jeremy Schlieve and Specialist Hannah Dorthula Bartley had their respective Bar and Bat Mitzvah in Baghdad this month. The two studied under the supervision of Rabbi Mitchell Schranz (CDR, USN) and […]
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WASHINGTON D.C. – On the sacred ground at the Pentagon in the spot where on September 11, 2001 terrorists crashed a plane into the Pentagon killing 189 people, a Torah scroll now resides in an ornate Israeli-built ark whose steel door is secured by a safe lock. On Monday, September 28th, over 150 military personnel, guests and dignitaries gathered at […]
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In association with the Aleph Institute, the Pentagon Chapel will be receiving a Sefer Torah next week! There will be a special ceremony on Monday, September 28th from 1400-1500 and a meal will be served in the Executive Dining Room of the Pentagon starting at 1530 hrs. No ticket is required to attend. If anyone will be attending the event, […]
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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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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 […]
Read moreAfter 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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