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Russia's Armed Forces have reinstituted the Jewish chaplaincy for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Its a huge challenge to bring back yiddishkeit and Jewish identity to Jewish soldiers in Russia's Armed Forces. So this is a first good step towards realizing that objective. Mazel Tov!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

1 posted on 12/16/2007 4:02:56 PM PST by goldstategop
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To: goldstategop

In ‘The Prize,’ about the oil rush in Mesopotamia it says the Jews were the largest population group in Baghdad. Just one of those factoids.


2 posted on 12/16/2007 4:07:16 PM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: goldstategop

Putin will be sure to “rectify” this situation when his plans for Russia are further along toward completion.


3 posted on 12/16/2007 6:04:30 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
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To: 1st-P-In-The-Pod; 2ndDivisionVet; A_Conservative_in_Cambridge; af_vet_rr; agrace; Aiko; ...
FReepMail to be added or removed from this pro-Israel/Judaic/Russian Jewry ping list.

Warning! This is a high-volume ping list.

5 posted on 12/16/2007 7:38:53 PM PST by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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