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Herman “Herm” Shelanski (far right), then skipper of the squadron on the USS John C. Stennis, celebrating Passover in 2008 on the ship with chaplain Rabbi Irving Elson (holding matzah) and Executive Officer Captain Ron Reis (next to the left). Credit: Courtesy of Vice Adm. (Ret.) Herman Shelanski.

Passover in the US Navy and “helicopter matzah incident”

By Menachem Wecker, JNS
Published April 4, 2023
A stack of books by British author Roald Dahl. Credit: Shutterstock.

Publisher puts softer words in mouth of controversial writer Roald Dahl

By Menachem Wecker
Published February 20, 2023
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