Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
The JCC Association announced that it will present the Jewish Military Leadership Award to Rear Admiral Herman Shelanski, Commander, Carrier Strike Group 10, at the JCCs of North America Biennial in New Orleans on May 7, 2012. “Admiral Shelanski personifies the highest qualities of a Jewish military leader,” said Rabbi Harold Robinson, director of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council. A retired admiral […]
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This past week I had a unique opportunity as a Jewish layleader. I’m currently serving as a flight instructor for naval aviators near Pensacola, Florida. I’m extremely happy to (finally) live in a place with an active Jewish community. However, having two synagogues in town usually means that most of what I do as a layleader is refer them […]
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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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Ed. Note: This post has been a long time overdue. Steve was a close friend of mine as are our families. He died while I was deployed and had hoped to run this story on the one year anniversary, but couldn’t make it happen. I thought it better to be a little late and remember him properly than to rush […]
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In 1968, I joined the Navy at the height of the Vietnam War. I joined the Navy figuring that my chances of seeing “Action” were very little since I hadn’t heard of any ships being sunk in the war. One suggestion my father gave me before leaving was not to disclose my religion since he had heard of some anti-Semitic […]
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Admiral Hyman George Rickover, U.S. Navy, was known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy”, which as of July 2007 had produced 200 nuclear-powered submarines, and 23 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and cruisers, though many of these U.S. vessels are now decommissioned and others under construction. With his unique personality, political connections, responsibilities and depth of knowledge regarding naval nuclear propulsion, […]
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By Jonathan Tobin, the Jewish Exponent One thing is constant about life on an aircraft carrier: the noise. The roar of jet aircraft engines on the deck is complemented by other sounds heard throughout the ship and below deck: the explosive booms coming from the catapults launching planes and the reverberations of the restraining wires on the steel deck that […]
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