Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
Rabbi Laurence Bazer (LTC, U.S. Army) lit a 90-year-old menorah from a temple on Long Island that was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy at a Hanukkah party at the White House last night. LTC Bazer is currently the rabbi at Temple Beth Sholom in Framingham, Massachussets but has served as an Army chaplain for over 23 years including a recent tour to Afghanistan […]
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CAMP SENDAI, Japan – Chag Sameach is a common saying heard all over the world as we enter into the Hanukkah season. It’s a saying also being heard around Camp Sendai, Japan. It is spouting from the joyous mouths of American service members, Jewish and Christian alike, who are there in support of the bi-lateral training exercise known as Yama […]
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Rabbi Landman’s memoir, My Sky Pilot Career : A Rabbi in the United States Air Force, is a wonderful look into the career of this accomplished Jewish Chaplain. For those unfamiliar with Rabbi Landman’s work, he served as an Air Force chaplain for over 25 years and played a major role in shaping the Jewish chaplaincy into what it is […]
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Story by By Molly Hayden, U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr Public Affairs. Original article via U.S. Army Public Affairs. FLOSS, Germany — It was a small but intimate gathering at the historic synagogue, here, as Chaplain Rabbi (Capt.) Andrew Shulman and members of the American and German communities honored the memory of persecuted Jews on the anniversary of Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken […]
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This week The Jewish Channel’s Meredith Ganzman profiled several Jewish veterans as part of a story highlighting Jewish service for Veterans Day.
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Capt. Gary Davidson at Ramstein AB has undertaken an extraordinary project: he is attempting to open all the standing synagogues in the Rhineland-Pfalz area, have a service in each, and affix a mezuzah–all in memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust. His first opening was at Odenbach, and it was a great success. The mayor spoke, and 51 people […]
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Back in 2005, the DOD relaxed it’s ordination requirements for Jewish chaplains that would allow for cantors to begin serving in those positions. Well, nearly seven years later, we are finally hearing about the first candidate for this expanded prorgam. 1LT David Frommer, now a chaplain of four years, is the U.S. Army’s first-ever cantor. Frommer was recently featured in […]
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