Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
I get this question a lot, and not just from JIG readers. While I’m a little biased to the Few and the Proud, even I can admit that there are different benefits and downsides to serving in each of the different branches. Well the folks over at About.com put together a decent guide to choosing a service to enlist in. […]
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I’m always happy to help promote resources that are helpful for deployed troops. We have featured the folks over at Web Yeshiva on our links page for sometime now, but I’d like to draw attention to them again since they are now offering their Torah classes for free. If you don’t have the benefit of a local yeshiva (as in […]
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Every now and then I get an email from a group or organization that wants to support our readers (as well as sell their wares). The latest is from the folks over at World of Judaica. To show their support of Jews in uniform (and their families), they are offering a 10% discount on anything purchased in their online store, […]
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Military life often takes us to locations that are less than ideal for fostering a rich Jewish education for our children. I know as my children grow, I am more and more aware of the resources available to them at future duty stations. While it would be fantastic to be near a quality Jewish day school, many resources on the […]
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It has been a few years since we posted something about The Soldiers Project. The group is a 501C3 that offers free psychotherapy for anyone (of any branch) who has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, or surrounding countries. They also offer free therapy to any military recruiter (because of their higher suicide rates) or any recent service member who has had […]
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Back when I first started Jews in Green, one of my self-imposed missions was to send care packages to deployed Jews. While we had some early success with that, it ended up being too much of a challenge to consistently come through for those in need. What we really needed was a dedicated organization whose entire focus is arranging for […]
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As someone with young children, this sounds like an amazing opportunity for a top notch Jewish education. Having access to a Jewish education for one’s children is a fairly common concern I hear about from Jews who are contemplating joining the military. Hopefully programs like this will remove that stumbling block. Many Jewish military families have been struggling for years trying to figure […]
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