Jewish Military Photographs

Lt. Zac Stang, Jewish lay leader of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, lights a candle celebrating the 1st night of Hanukkah in the ship's chapel, December 15, 2009. Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kilho Park.

Chaplain (Capt.) Andrew Cohen leads the Sabbath evening worship during the sixth day of Hanukkah at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Dec. 28, 2008) Military and civilian personnel light Menorahs in observance of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah at the residence of Jeffery Einhorn, a Columbia College faculty member. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard M. Wolff.

Tech. Sgt. Craig Lifton laughs as he is hoisted up in the air by fellow servicemembers during his bar mitzvah in Iraq. The bar mitzvah took place after a dedication ceremony here celebrating the arrival of a Jewish Torah. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Elizabeth Rissmiller)

Staff Sgt. Xhevair Maskuli follows along in the Jewish Prayer Book during a service in Iraq, Sept. 11, 2009.

Chaplain (Maj.) Avroham Horovitz sings a prayer with the congregation to welcome the Sabbath in Iraq. Photo Credit: Pfc. Karin Leach.

Chaplain (Capt.) Andrew Cohen stands behind a lit menorah during the eighth day of Hanukkah at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

Air Force Chaplain (Capt.) Yaakov Bindell (left), flanked by Army Maj. Mark Wynne and Army Lt. Col. Donna Lullen, says the Kiddush blessing at the end Friday evening Jewish worship services in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo / Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)

Staff Sgt. Hal Scholnick listens to Chaplain (Capt.) Andrew Cohen's description of the Jewish Holiday of Sukkot inside a sukkah in Iraq. Sukkot is a culmination of Passover and Shavout, the Festival of Weeks. A sukkah is a temporary shelter, traditionally made from natural materials. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

Military members celebrate a Jewish seder in the Middle East.

A Jewish Marine blows a shofar while on deployment to the Middle East.

Military members march in procession as Senior Airman Ann Leifer carries the base's first Torah into a dedication ceremony. The Torah was donated to the base by the Jewish Welfare Board. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Elizabeth Rissmiller)

"Babylonian Tashlich: Soldiers participate in a tashlich service in Baghdad, Iraq, body-armor and all."

"Troops from all around Iraq come to Baghdad to celebrate Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Schranz."

Wine, prayer books and Army Combat Uniform-pattern yarmulkes are set aside in preparation for a Shabbat dinner at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Navy Chaplain Seth Phillips visited to help residents of the Naval Station and Joint Task Force Guantanamo troopers celebrate Rosh Hashanah.

Cmdr. Joel Newman, rabbi, unrolls a Torah in the chapel on board the carrier USS Ronald Reagan, during a introduction class to the Jewish religious holiday of Yom Kippur that was held prior to a brief Yom Kippur service. The Torah, which was donated to the ship, was hand written about 200 years ago.

April 17, 2003 – Crewmembers read from the Passover Hagaddah (prayer book) during the Passover Seder dinner in the ward room aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) while deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd class Tiffini M. Jones.

24 July 2004 -- Aviation Electronic Technician Etan Cohen originally of Haifa Israel leads the Jewish prayer service aboard the USS john F Kennedy (CV 67) while deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. US Navy photo by Photographers Mate Second Class Jason Jacobowitz.

Sept. 13, 2007 - Rear Adm. Harold L. Robinson, Deputy Chief of Chaplains for Reserve Matters and Director of Religious Programs, reads from the Torah during a morning Rosh Hashana service in Bahrain. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Pineda.

Lt. Col Richard Wasserman prepares to pray with Rabbi Menachem Katz, Aleph Institute, director of outreach programs. Attached to Wasserman's arm and head are "Tefillin," or "prayer boxes," which contain passages of the Torah. Jews to wear Tefillin as a reminder of their Covenent with God and their obligation to dedicate themselves to God in whatever they do, feel and think. Photo Credit: Kevin Stabinsky (USAG Fort McPherson)

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Marine Lance Cpl Michael Gonen in Anbar Province, Iraq, in 2008. (From OperationSupportJewsintheMilitary.com)

Holding a special Torah scroll, Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, an Army colonel, departs Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for New York. Goldstein, an Chabad-Lubavitch (orthodox) rabbi, is one of the few US military members permitted a full beard in uniform. (Chabad.org)

Tashlik in Kuwait 2008 (Project MOT)

A Soldier holds a Jewish prayer book before a Jewish Passover celebration and dinner in Iraq. Photo Credit: Spc. Cassandra Monroe.

Soldiers load their plates with food during a Jewish Passover ceremony in Iraq. Photo Credit: Spc. Cassandra Monroe.

Army Chaplain (Col.) Jacob Goldstein, a Jewish rabbi, and Brooklyn, N.Y., native has served the military since 1977. He often gets curious looks because he wears a beard, in accordance with his Jewish faith, while in uniform. (Photo Credit: Spc. Joseph Bitet)