Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
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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The folks over at Tablet Magazine have a new piece on Rabbi Larry Bazer, who was (at the time) the only full-time Jewish chaplain in Afghanistan. It covers most of the “standard stuff”, but has a few interesting tidbits on life in Kabul and some particularly interesting stories. One the highlights of his chaplaincy, Bazer said, was holding a bar […]
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Earlier this month Jewish service members (including chaplains, lay leaders, and regular troops) travelled to South Florida for the Aleph Institute’s fifth annual Military Shabbat Retreat and Training Course. The weekend gathering kicked off at The Shul of Bal Harbour Thursday morning with classes and events exploring the theme of diversity in the U.S. armed forces. Over the next several […]
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Air Force Major Menashe Miller recently ended his term as Mayor of Lakewood, New Jersey and will be deploying to the Middle East to serve as a Jewish chaplain for the troops during the holiday season. Miller leaves in early December to offer support during the Chanukah holiday and is expected to return in January. When he returns, he will again be appointed […]
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After a long legal battle with the U.S. Army, Rabbi Menachem M. Stern will finally be commissioned as a First Lieutenant to serve as a Jewish chaplain. The story made news back in 2009 when he was appointed as an Army Reserve chaplain only to have the appointment rescinded the following day. The Army had refused to permit Rabbi Stern to enter the Chaplaincy despite the […]
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The new Judah Nadich: Rabbi, Military Chaplain, and Community Builder exhibit at The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) honors Rabbi Judah Nadich (z”l), United States Army senior Jewish chaplain in Europe during World War II, adviser to General Dwight D. Eisenhower on Jewish Affairs, and JTS alum (ordination, 1936; doctorate in Hebrew Literature, 1953). The show also celebrates […]
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From the JWB: We are pleased to invite you to the dedication of the Jewish Chaplains Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery on October 24, 2011, 1 p.m. The memorial will stand next to the existing monuments for Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains who died while in active service. The product of over three years of effort spearheaded by the JWB […]
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