Civil War Jewish Soldiers

 Discussion of new book here on the Seforim Chatter podcast. 

The history of religious identifications on dog tags

... in Tablet Magazine.

The story of a WWII Chaplain and his torah

... in Tablet Magazine. 

Exhibit on Jewish members of the military

...MG Coggan's story here. 

Fascinating story about finding Jews in a military cemetery

story here

This is troubling

Questioning LTC Vindman's patriotism.

Jews in the US military

Aish.com has a nice article about four famous Jews who had been in or contributed to the US military. 

Jewish Chaplain betrays enlisted Soldier's wife

If this is accurate, Chabad as an endorsing agency looks pretty bad right now, and this Chaplain should be severely disciplined and probably separated. I would not let him near any unit I commanded.  

West Point graduates it's 1000th Jewish cadet

...story here. 

Lawrence Freedman, KIA, Somalia, 1992

Article about Lawrence Freedman, a Jewish soldier KIA in Somalia in 1992.  

MAJ Moshe Scheinfeld comes home

...nice video here. 

Jewish veterans running for congress

The list is here. 

Sidney Shachnow dies

Story here. 

Civil War seder

I just saw this. Interesting. 

Coast Guard names ship after Jewish American Guardsman killed in Iraq war

...story here.