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The Jewish War Veterans of the USA, has a program to sponsor a Yahrzeit for any fallen Jewish comrade who has died in Iraq or Afghanistan. In order to facilitate this process they need the permission of the surviving family. If you or anyone you know can provide the contact information of surviving families of, Army SGT Michael B. Shackelford […]
Read moreThe Jerusalem Post recently reported on the efforts of the Jewish Chaplains Council and the Aleph Institute to help deployed troops celebrate Shavuot. The Jewish Chaplains Council teamed up with the Jewish Publication Society to send 2,750 copies of the Book of Psalms and the Torah to Jewish soldiers. The Aleph Institute sent out more than 1,000 “shelf-stable” portions of […]
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1st Lt. Kristin Burt of the Army News Service reports on a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony held at FOB Salerno in Afghanistan. For Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah, literally the Day of (remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism, the FOB Equal Opportunity Advisor Sgt. 1st Class Jeffery Fagan organized a ceremony that encouraged Soldiers and civilians to do just that: remember. […]
Read moreBagram Air Base, Afganistan My name is SPC Alexander Hoffman, and I’m the Jewish lay leader for Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. After this past Yom Kippur, I decided to write my experience down. Until now, I haven’t shared my write-up. I was looking through some files on my computer, and found it, and decided that it was something I wanted […]
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Editors Note: The following story was submitted by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Susan H. Meisner, from the Office of Military Cooperation – Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan Jewish personnel-Soldiers, sailors, Marines, airman and civilians-gathered with their friends and co-workers to celebrate Hanukkah on tiny Kabul Compound, Afghanistan. While they didn’t have a minyan, they had plenty of spirit, as they took turns […]
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