Canadian Jewish war vets

JTA has a news item about the creation of a memorial for Jewish Canadian war veterans.

Jewish Chaplains Memorial Dedicated at Arlington

Memorial for Jewish chaplains was dedicated at Arlington. Story here and here.

Soldier to Rabbi: the Joshua Knoble story

Joshus Knobel's unusual path from West Point to the Rabbinate. Story here.

This isn't good

The last few Jews in Iraq outed by wikileaks.

Daniel Agami

JTA has a nice tribute to Daniel Agami.

Shaya Getzel's stories

Shaya Getzel, of Confessions of a Koifer blog has two pieces (here and here) which I found very much worth reading about his experiences as a former Chasid in the US Army. I found quite a few things about his military experiences that really resonated as true. I hope I get to meet him one day. Judging from his spodik in the it gets besser video, we seem to share a hassidic lineage.

The story of Chaplain Alexander Goode

The story of Ch. Alexander Goode and the Dorchester that was sunk by a German U-boat in 1943.

Chaplain's insignia

Here is an interesting article by former Navy chaplain, Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff, about changing the chaplain insignia to make it more uniform across the different religions and faiths.

New Book

A new book, Contending with Catastrophe, was just released. It contains a number of articles with Jewish responses to 9/11. I am somewhat curious to read it. I enjoyed David Shatz's original article published not long after 9/11 and I believe it is reprinted in this volume. What I did find interesting is that the site claims that there is a prayer for American soldiers stationed around the world that was composed after 9/11 in the volume. Is it this one? Is there not an older prayer?

Targeting Military and Jews

It was just released that a man who was recently sentenced to life in prison for shooting two people at a Army recruiting station also targeted Jews in his hometown. Story here.

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Isn't this a nice story!

Remembering the Jewish fallen

JTA's collection of stories here.

JWV PA News

Story here.

Jewish Floridian deploying to A-stan

This medical professional signed up for a special program, open to medical professionals, to be part of the military. He participated in the Aleph conference in Florida a couple of months back. He is a really nice guy, and we should all wish him well.

The role of the soldier in Jewish history month

"President Obama emphasized Jewish military service in his proclamation naming May as Jewish American History Month." JTS Story here.