Two interesting stories. While PVT Ari Mandel went from being religious to non-religious via the US Army (story here and here in Yiddish), 2LT Jake Kohlman seems to be going the other way and becoming religious via the Jewish services at Fort Benning. Fort Benning, by the way, has a rather large group of people who attend the Jewish services there (see this post).
Feb 28, 2012
Jan 19, 2012
Jan 11, 2012
Dec 27, 2011
Dec 21, 2011
Review of Jews who were honored for service in WWI
Apparently some may have been slighted and given lesser awards because of their religion, like other minorities. A review is now authorized. Story here.
Dec 20, 2011
Dec 14, 2011
Dec 7, 2011
Uriah P. Levy's statue
Interesting article about the US Navy's first Jewish Commodore, apparently the man who ended flogging on Navy Ships.
Dec 3, 2011
Army allows another Chaplain to wear a beard
Story here. Surprisingly the Army cited the lack of chaplains as the reason.
Dec 1, 2011
Nov 9, 2011
Canadian Jewish war vets
JTA has a news item about the creation of a memorial for Jewish Canadian war veterans.
Oct 27, 2011
Oct 19, 2011
Soldier to Rabbi: the Joshua Knoble story
Joshus Knobel's unusual path from West Point to the Rabbinate. Story here.
Oct 9, 2011
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