Archive for category: D’vrei HaShomrim

Bringing Jewish Culture Expands Our Community

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By LT Steven A. Ballaban Ten months ago, my wife and I were blessed with a grandson who lives only a few miles from us. It has been a joy […]

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First Experience Away from Jewish Community

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By Rabbi Heather Borshof I grew up in central New Jersey, a county that had one of the largest Jewish populations in NJ. Public schools were closed for Rosh Hashanah, […]

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First Amendment Religious Privileges

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By Rabbi Harold Robinson, Rear Admiral CHC USN Ret. Anyone familiar with the US military knows that our chaplains services are unique in all the world. Chaplains must provide worship […]

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The Blessing of the Curse

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By Chaplain Captain Yitzchok Landa, USAF. In the last edition of The Jewish Veteran, you read the D’vrei Hashomrim by Rabbi Doniel Kramer in which he provided thoughtful insights and […]

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The Missing Half of the Middle Matzah

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By Rabbi Doniel Z. Kramer, Ph.D., BCC, CH (LTC-ret), USAR. Shalom. This Issue of “The Jewish Veteran” should be arriving in our homes around Pesach (Passover) time. For Jewish chaplains on […]

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D’vrei HaShomrim by Chaplain Matt Friedman

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By Chaplain (Major) Matt Friedman, California State Guard, 195th Wing/Joint Forces Head Quarters It’s December – a month of happiness and trepidation. How do we get through it and more […]

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Honoring All Our Service

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By Rabbi Aaron Stucker-Rozovsky United States Marines Corporal Paul Fagundes, Lance Corporal Giovani Cruz, and Lance Corporal James May Jr. They weren’t shot by a Taliban sniper in Marjah, Afghanistan; […]

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D’vrei HaShomrim by Rabbi Melinda Zalma

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We live in a time of increasing polarization, where people don’t talk to friends and family who see the world differently. We seem to be moving farther away from each […]

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How My Failure in Boy Scouts Taught Me the Meaning of Honor

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By Rabbi Levi Welton Long before I had the honor of serving in the United States Air Force, I was just a boy in Troop 613, the local Jewish Boy […]

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INTERFAITH FOXHOLES

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By Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff Two recent statements by former and current military leaders made news when they revealed vastly different visions for our nation. We should take pride in […]

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