Category Archives: Military

Memorial Day Weekend 2018

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: May 27, 2018

On Memorial Day, we remember all the members of our armed services who paid the ultimate price in service to this great country. Our eternal gratitude.

Also posted in Abraham Avrech, America, Memorial Day | Tagged 42nd Rainbow Division, Air Force, Marines, Memorial Day, Memorial Day Weekend, Navy, Rabbi Abraham Avrech, U.S. Army | Leave a comment

10 Must See War Movies

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: November 8, 2017

There is no subject as well suited for the movies as war. In war there is conflict, love, and of course lots of action. Movies, said Hitchcock, are just like life, but with the boring parts cut out. Thus, movies about war delete the incredible boredom of most war-time experiences in favor of the hyper-drama […]

Also posted in Actors, Australia, Finland, Great Movies, Hollywood, Hollywood Stars, Lawrence of Arabia, Movies, Myrna Loy, Peter O'Toole, Russia, Seven Samurai, Ten Greatest War Movies, War, War Movies, World War II, Zulu | Tagged Brest Fortress, City of Life and Death, Come and See, Cuckoo, Lawrence of Arabia, Ride With The Devil, Seven Samurai, The Lighthorsemen, Winter War, Zulu | 20 Responses

Three Essential Streaming Movies

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: November 17, 2016

Zero Motivation, (2014) Israel. Zohar (Dana Ivgy) and Daffi (Nelly Tagar) are two young Israeli soldiers serving on a remote army base. Stuck in the Human Resources Division, the girls are bored pencil-pushers who spend their days playing video games, singing pop songs, flirting with handsome male soldiers, and dreaming of escape to Tel Aviv. […]

Also posted in Amazon Prime, British Cinema, Hollywood, Israel, Movies, Netflix, Norwegian Cinema | Tagged British Cinema, Callum Turner, Dana Igvy, Hope and Glory, Israeli Cinema, John Boormn, Nelly Tagar, Norwegian Cinema, Pål Sverre Hagen, Queen and Country, Ragnarok, Rashomon, Tamsin Egerton, Zero Motivation | 1 Response

Trump Rescues William Tecumseh Sherman

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: May 25, 2016

The New York Times just did a hatchet job about Trump and women which ended up making the NY Times look far worse than Trump. The Washington Post hired 20 extra reporters to investigate Trump — just as they did not do when Barack Obama was the Democrat nominee. I recently came across a story […]

Also posted in 2016 Election, Art, Donald Trump, Media, War | Tagged Augustus Saint-Gauden, Glory, Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment, Robert Gould Shaw, Robert Hughes, William Tecumseh Sherman | 10 Responses

David Niven, Ginger Rogers, and the Battle of the Bulge

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: December 17, 2015

On the night of December 16, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, eight jeep teams made up of German soldiers fluent in English slipped through American lines. Some carried vials of sulphuric acid to throw in the faces of American guards if they were stopped. Other groups cut communication wires and carried out minor […]

Also posted in America, David Niven, Ginger Rogers, Hollywood, Hollywood Stars, Hollywood Still Photography, World War III | Tagged Antony Beevor, Ardennes, Bachelor Mother, Battle of the Bulge, David Niven, Eisenhower, General Bruce Clark, German Sabotage, Ginger Rogers, Omar Bradley, Otto Skorzeny, World War II | 3 Responses

Everything You Need to Know About Hamas in Eight Words

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: August 1, 2014

“Hamas never targets civilians. It only targets Jews.” —Hamas spokesman, Abu Odeh Israel miscalculated horribly in accepting a humanitarian cease-fire.

Also posted in Hamas, Islam, Islamic Terror, IslamoNazis, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Operation Protective Edge, War | Tagged Hadar Goldin, Hamas War Crimes, Kidnapping | 27 Responses

Veteran’s Day, 2013: Rabbi Abraham Avrech, My Favorite Veteran

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: November 11, 2013

Today we honor our veterans—the living and the dead. Take a moment to ponder the enormous sacrifices made by our nation’s heroes and their families. Millions and millions of people all over the world are forever in their debt. Keep in mind that the U.S.military has freed more people on this earth from tyranny and […]

Also posted in Abraham Avrech, America, Veterans Day | Tagged 42nd Rainbow Division, Jewish Chaplains, Korean war, Poland, Vietnam, World War II, Yanuv | 22 Responses

Veteran’s Day, 2012: Rabbi Abraham Avrech, My Favorite Veteran

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: November 11, 2012

Also posted in Abraham Avrech, Veterans Day | Tagged 42nd Rainbow Division, Jewish Chaplains, Korean war, Vietnam, World War II | 13 Responses

We the Undersigned… Public Military Endorsements for Romney and Obama

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: November 6, 2012

“We the undersigned proudly support Governor Mitt Romney as our nation’s next Commander-in-Chief.” Admiral James B. Busey, USN, (Ret.) General James T. Conway, USMC, (Ret.) General Terrence R. Dake, USMC, (Ret) Admiral James O. Ellis, USN, (Ret.) Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, USM, (Ret.) General Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, (Ret.) General Tommy Franks, USA, (Ret.) General Alfred […]

Also posted in 2012 Election, Mitt Romney, Obama Watch | Tagged Public Military Endorsements | 3 Responses

U.S. Military Appeasing Muslim Brotherhood…

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: October 16, 2012

We expect the poison of political correctness in American colleges and universities because left-wing professors dominate academia. But to see this political ideology infect our armed forces is almost beyond belief. Let us be clear. The purpose of deliberately minimizing the danger of radical Islam is to make America receptive to sharia. By appeasing the […]

Also posted in 2012 Election, Islamic Terror, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama Watch | Tagged Matthew Dooley, Political Correctness | 14 Responses

Dishonorable Disclosures

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: August 15, 2012

President Barack Hussein Obama, for political glory and personal self-aggrandizement, has compromised operational security. Take 22 minutes out of your busy schedule and watch as brave Americans explain the danger Obama and his flapping seals in the media pose to our republic. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Xfti7qtT0[/youtube]

Also posted in America, Media, Obama Watch, Osama bin Laden | Tagged CIA, Operational Security, SEALS | 5 Responses

Obama Sues to Suppress Military Vote

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: August 8, 2012

We really shouldn’t be surprised. Obama is a Chicago politician whose values include making sure that felons, illegal immigrants, and the dead have the right to vote—for the Democrat ticket. In a move that could have an impact on the final result of the presidential election, Barack Obama’s campaign has sued Ohio to block a […]

Also posted in 2012 Election, Obama Watch | Tagged Tyranny, Voter Fraud | 4 Responses

Three Notable War Movies

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: February 2, 2012

There is no subject as well suited for the movies as war. In war there is conflict, love, and of course lots of explosions. Movies, someone once said, are just like life—with the boring parts cut out. Thus, movies about war delete the incredible boredom of most war-time experiences in favor of the hyper-drama that […]

Also posted in Movies, War, War Movies | Tagged Birth of a Nation, City of Life and Death, Come and See, Ride With The Devil, War Movies | 48 Responses

First Memorial for Jewish Chaplains

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: October 26, 2011

Veteran readers of Seraphic Secret probably know that my father, Rabbi Abraham Avrech, Col. Ret., proudly served as an Army Chaplain for his entire career. A member of the fabled 42nd Division AKA The Rainbow Division, my father served in World War II, the Korean War, and finally Vietnam. As a child, my father once […]

Also posted in Family, War | Tagged Jewish Chaplains, USS Dorchester | 21 Responses

Roy P. Benevidez: Medal of Honor

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: February 2, 2010

I live in the failing state of California. From the once golden state I watch Barack Hussein Obama declare, like Willie Stark, a populist war against the financial institutions of this country. Obama’s budget is a fiscal nightmare that will bury this country in red ink for generations to come. Islamist terrorists are Mirandized by […]

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Troopathon 2009: My Chaplain

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: June 25, 2009

To read my contribution to the Big Hollywood Troopathon, please click here.

Posted in Military | 4 Responses

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About Me
Robert J. Avrech
Los Angeles, California
I'm an Emmy Award winning screenwriter. I'm also an observant Jew, a religious Zionist, a conservative Republican, and a member of the NRA. I've been writing and producing in Hollywood for over twenty-five years. But the focus of my life is my family: my radiant wife, Karen—with whom I have been in love with since I was nine years-old—and my two daughters, who, thankfully, look like Karen. Not too long ago, we had three children. But our son, Ariel, died at the age of twenty-two from cancer. We miss him terribly. We think about him practically every minute of every day. People tell us that time heals, but Karen and I know this is not true. Time grinds away doing its terrible work. Ariel is gone. Yet absence becomes presence.

Ariel Chaim Avrech, ZT'L, May His Righteous Memory be a Blessing.
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Memorial Lectures
Young Israel of Century City
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Fifteenth: June 10, 2018
Jackie Danicki: “Confessions of a Convert: A Humbling, Joyful Journey to Judaism.”

Blog Post | Audio: (94 MB)

Fourteenth: June 11, 2017
Daniel Greenfield: “Fighting Anti-Semitism and Defending Israel in the Age of BDS.”

Blog Post | Audio: (100 MB)

Thirteenth: May 22, 2016Ben Shapiro: “How You Can Save Israel”

Blog Post | Audio: (70 MB)

Twelfth: June 7, 2015
Larry Elder: “The New Black Anti-Semitism”

Blog Post | Audio: (100 MB)

Eleventh: June 8, 2014
Michael Medved: “Shifting Alliances: Why Liberals No Longer Reliably Support Israel — And Conservatives Do.”

Blog Post | Audio: (97MB)

Tenth: June 9, 2013
David Horowitz: “The War Against Judaism on the University Campus.”

Blog Post | Audio: (16MB)

Ninth: June 3, 2012
Joel B. Pollak: “The Mainstream Media’s Betrayal of Israel.”

Blog Post | Audio: (15MB)

Eighth: June 5, 2011
Yossi Klein Halevi: “What is Expected of a Survivor People: Lessons My Father Taught Me.”

Blog Post | Audio: (18MB)

Seventh: June 13, 2010
Dennis Prager: “Happiness is a Mitzvah, Not an Emotion.”

Blog Post | Audio: (80MB)

Sixth: June 21, 2009
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky: “Conformity in Jewish Life: Vice, Virtue or Affectation?”

Blog Post | Audio: (64MB)

Fifth: June 15, 2008
Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl: “What Was the Rosh Yeshiva Reading: Intellectual Openness in 19th Century Lithuania.”

Blog Post | Audio: (70MB)
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