Memorial Day

After Sitting One Out, Jewish Veterans March On

Submitted by Adam Dickter on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 13:57

When you see the heroes of the Jewish War Veterans march in Sunday’s Celebrate Israel Parade, give them some extra cheer.

This year’s calendar put them in something of a Sandy Koufax bind, as Memorial Day and Shavuot coincided, as will happen several times in a lifetime.

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Yizkor On Memorial Day: The Layering Of Memory

05/31/2012
Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik
Jewish Week Online Columnist

Like most people, I would imagine, my first thoughts upon learning that the Memorial Day weekend here in America would coincide with the festival of Shavuot this year were not happy ones. Three-day weekends are a precious commodity, even for rabbis. Giving one up for three days of Shabbat and Yom Tov was simply not a fair exchange.  I’m sure that I like being in synagogue a little more than the average bear, but really… on Memorial Day weekend?

Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik is the spiritual leader of the Forest Hills Jewish Center in Queens.
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