Rabbi at Chaplain conference

A Chabad rabbi will be the speaker at a senior chaplains conference. Story here.

Shabbaton

Here is the write-up of the Aleph institute shabbaton. I will have a more detailed report soon. Overall though, it was a really interesting weekend. I met some great people and heard some great talks.

Update: some photos here.

Canadian Jewish Air Force guy

The guy in this story in the Canadian Air Force is having problems both with the Canadian Forces and with the Israeli government. However, I am told there is a significant back story to this whose details are missing from the Ha'aretz piece.

Our fallen

The Forward has a great set of profiles of Jews who were KIA in the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afgahanistan. Here are the profiles and the accompanying editorial.

Jewish Chaplains at Arlington

Surprisingly, this issue, of memorializing Jewish chaplains at Arlington did not come up in the weekend I spend with a whole lot of Jewish chaplains.

In Miami

The Army has sent me to Miami to attend the Aleph Institute Military training conference and Shabbaton. It promises to be an interesting event. I'll keep you posted.

Another Jewish chaplain deploying

. . . . this one from the New York National Guard.