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July 27, 2004
Fardinen a mitzveh*
An online friend who has been marvelously supportive of my son and me, sent me the following announcement that was included in her NYC synogogue bulletin. It's a great project and I'm cleaning off my DVD shelf and will send a box of current titles to Landstuhl.
Rabbi Irving Elson is the Jewish Chaplain for the US Marines and has been on the front lines in Iraq. Rabbi Elson has asked United Synagogue to pass on the following information:
The military hospital in Landshtull, Germany has requested DVDs and personal DVD players for our Marines who are recovering from battle wounds. You can send them to:Chaplain Irving Elson, Rabbi, c/o Commanding Officer,Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron CHAPLAIN,
P.O. Box 452013,
San Diego, CA 92145-2013.
Rabbi Elson's office will rebox them and put them on a MEDEVAC flight to Germany to be hand delivered to the Marines.
My friend's son is still a preschooler, mine has grown into a fine young man. She is Jewish, I am Christian. She lives in New York City, I live in rural Oregon. Nevertheless, we both speak the language of motherhood. She understood my feelings completely and helped me find the words to express my emotions after watching my son graduate from boot camp:
You need to learn a Yiddish phrase, Deb. What you are now, quite rightfully, doing is schepping nachas.That's what you do when your handsome, talented, brave, kind and all-around terrific son makes you absolutely burst with pride.
That's right. And despite a few wisecracks about "schlepping nachos" from other online friends, I remain schepping nachas almost two years later.
*A Yiddish phrase that means to earn a blessing or a merit (by doing a good deed)
Posted by Deb at July 27, 2004 01:29 AM
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Hi, I just got excited when you mentioned Landstuhl, as I was born there. :)
Posted by: ditariel at July 27, 2004 07:14 AM
Thanks for making this available to all. Since it's already public information, I re-posted the information on the Books for Soldiers board; there are many Marine supporters among our members. :-)
Please let me know if you'd like me to remove it.
--Julie
www.booksforsoldiers.com -- Care Packages for the Mind
Posted by: jrhobus (BFS) at July 29, 2004 12:58 AM
Looking for Jewish soldiers in Iraq that our family can create Chanukah boxes for. Can any of you Marine moms out there help us locate some?
Thanks!
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