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Profiles of More Jewish Fallen
Posted on 10 Sep 2012The Jewish Daily Forward comes through again with 13 more profiles of Jewish servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Most of these 13 were already listed on our … Continue reading -
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Funeral for Jewish Airmen Killed in Afghanistan
Posted on 20 Jan 2012Airman 1st Class Matthew R. Seidler, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, died Jan. 5 from injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan. Seidler … Continue reading -
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Another Fallen Soldier
Posted on 27 Oct 2011Private First Class Steven F. Shapiro, a 29-year-old soldier from the small Lake County town of Hidden Valley died in Talil, Iraq this past week on October 21. Private First … Continue reading -
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Marines Honor Fallen Heroes at Jewish Center
Posted on 21 Jun 2011Via The Forward Magazine: “In front of the Torah, we pay tribute to those who served our country,” said Rabbi Yosie Levine of the Jewish Center, in Manhattan, which hosted the … Continue reading -
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LT Steven Zilberman
Posted on 22 Apr 2011Ed. Note: This post has been a long time overdue. Steve was a close friend of mine as are our families. He died while I was deployed and had hoped … Continue reading -
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Military Chevra Kadisha
Posted on 19 Mar 2011I just finished watching Taking Chance, an excellent movie about escorting a fallen Marine home to his family. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. I’ve served as … Continue reading -
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Remembering The Fallen
Posted on 14 Feb 2011The Forward recently published an excellent piece that profiles many of the Jewish servicemembers who have been killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have mentioned many of … Continue reading