UPDATE: The target mailing date has been moved back a month to September 19th.

It’s kind of short notice, but Jews in Green is starting a care package drive called “Operation Tefilah”.

The plan is to send tallit, kippot, and siddurim to Jewish troops stationed overseas.  We already have a number of volunteers, but we can always use more.  If you have any used or new tallit, kippot, or prayer books that you would like to donate, and I will give you all the information you will need to send your items.  Right now, the goal is to have the packages mailed out by August 18th September 19th.

In addition to these donated items, one of our readers has volunteered to create and print special Shabbat prayer booklets (with Hebrew, English, and transliteration) tailored for the troops.

If you want to promote this program at your synagogue or in your community, you can download a flyer here (Word or PDF).

If you are a deployed service member and would like to receive such items, you can too and I will add you to our mailing list.

While religious items like these are available to chaplains and layleaders through military supply, the main idea behind this program is to get the items to individual troops so they can observe mitzvot wherever they are.