A leading group of American cantors is trying to honor American troops in a unique way: challenging its members and other Jewish musicians to come up with the best melody for a prayer for the country’s armed services. This is an initiative of the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, the American Jewish War Veterans and the…
An app designed to help users spread pro-Israel messages on social media contained a security flaw that exposed the email addresses of its users, The Intercept reported Friday. Act.il was developed by three pro-Israel groups that receive funding from Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson. It has been a pet obsession of Israeli Minister of Strategic…
A self-professed neo-Nazi who was found with bomb-making materials in his apartment once served in the National Guard. Brandon Russell was arrested last month after authorities discovered bomb equipment while searching his apartment in connection to the slaying of two of Russell’s roommates. Another roommate, 18-year-old Devon Arthurs, is accused in the slayings. Heidi Beirich,…
Think organizing a Passover Seder is hard work? Try doing it in the middle of the ocean. Lt. Nicholas Fritzhand, a weapon-systems officer, will be conducting a Passover Seder aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz, the oldest active U.S. aircraft carrier, on April 10. The Seder, conducted 500 miles from shore in the middle of the Arabian…
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a pardon for the Israeli soldier who shot a downed Palestinian assailant. Elor Azaria was convicted of manslaughter on Wednesday in a military court. “This is a difficult and painful day for all of us – and first and foremost for Elor and his family, for…
More than three decades after his death, United States Army Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds received a posthumous award for his working saving 200 Jewish soldiers from deportation to a Nazi slave labor camp, reported the Times of Israel. Edmonds and almost 1,300 other American GIs were captured at the Battle of Bulge, in the waning…
The United States and Israel have reached final agreement on a record new package of at least $38 billion in U.S. military aid and the 10-year pact is expected to be signed this week, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The deal will represent the biggest pledge of U.S. military assistance made…
(JTA) — Retired Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow, who helped initiate the letter released this week by the Trump campaign from 88 military leaders endorsing the Republican nominee, says Trump “has the temperament to be commander-in-chief.” Shachnow knows from temperament, although not perhaps of the Trumpian variety: As a child, he and his family survived the…
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