Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
For the past couple of years, an organization called Heroes to Heroes has sent groups of eight to fifteen American veterans will on a ten day journey to Israel where they are joined by up to five of Israeli peers from the IDF. The group travels, learns, and explores as a unit. The trip is designed to educate, motivate and […]
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Y-Net reports on David Stern, a 31-year-old martial arts expert, and former U.S. Marine who is now teaching self-defense to adults and children in Israel. According to the article, he had studied in martial arts prior to joining the Marine Corps and even trained some of his fellow Marines in Krav Maga. My favorite part of the article is how the […]
Read moreReturning from a two-month hiatus with a firm commitment to maintain this blog, starting with this: For the active duty military, this may or may not be relevant, since as Jews in the American military, our lives likely do not revolve around either Israel or life on university campus. For some in the reserves currently enrolled in school, this may […]
Read moreI’m sure this is a ubiquitous experience for Jews in the military: Israel conducts some sort of military activity, and we are specifically sought out by our peers for our opinion. Some of us have two lives…our synagogue and Jewish community lives, where we buy Israel Bonds or support JNF, perhaps have even taken a Birthright trip in our youths. […]
Read moreBy RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Army’s top lawyer is disputing a critical government report that concluded faith instead of facts drove the investigation of a civilian employee wrongly suspected of spying for Israel. The report by the Pentagon inspector general found the employee, David Tenenbaum, an Orthodox Jew, was targeted by counterintelligence agents because of his religion. […]
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As a rule, this site tries to avoid commentary on Israel, but I read the eulogy delivered by Ofar Regev, brother of Eldad Regev, z”tl, and was incredibly moved by these words: “I stand here today sad, crying, but proud; proud of my country that fought with me to bring you back, proud of every citizen who thought of you, […]
Read moreBy Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill National Guard Bureau BALADIA CITY, Israel – National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen could one day exercise at a state-of-the-art urban warfare training center here. From a distance, the National Urban Training Center (NUTC) looks like a bustling desert town. But it’s a purpose-built mock-up on a real-life scale designed as a training ground for military […]
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