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You’re in the Army Now

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish recruits in the US military often face unique challenges, such as the lack of kosher meals and misunderstandings of Jewish practices. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Kosher MealsReligious DiversityReligious AccommodationJewish MilitaryUs ArmyChaplain Dovid EgertFrum ChaplainYom Tov ObservancePirchei ShoshanimJewish Recruits

Places mentioned

Fort Jackson, South Carolina, United States
"Mishpacha met with US Army Chaplain Dovid Egert, a frum captain and rabbi currently based in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for a personal guide to the Jewish experience in the military."
Lakewood, New Jersey, United States
"Chaplain Egert, originally from Lakewood, New Jersey, was not a little boy who grew up dreaming of being a soldier and shooting the bad guy."

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