User:NearTheZoo

In Washington, DC -- literally, near the National Zoo -- but my user name can take on different meanings in a city like this one.

I created the article Religious symbolism in the United States military, plus a few others that include:

TV

 * A Touch Away (TV) (Israeli TV series)

Film

 * Noodle (film) (Israeli film)
 * Waiting for Godik (Israeli documentary)
 * Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (American documentary)
 * Tomorrow, the World (Film)
 * Singing in the Dark (Film)
 * Kazablan (Israeli play, film, and musical comedy)
 * The Debt (2007 film) (Israeli film)
 * The Yankles (Film)

Plays

 * Tribes
 * Fly

Publications

 * Guide for the Halakhic Minyan (Guidebook for Jewish worship)
 * The Book of Lights (novel)
 * The Conversion of Chaplain Cohen (novel)

Institutions/organizations

 * Washington DC Jewish Community Center
 * DC Minyan (Worship service)
 * Bet Mishpachah (Worship service)
 * Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) (Military school)
 * Faith and Politics Institute
 * Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center
 * National Museum of American Jewish Military History
 * Latin American Rabbinical Seminary

Buildings/places

 * Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal
 * Wilson's Arch (Jerusalem)
 * Congressional Prayer Room
 * Rabbi Dr. I. Goldstein Synagogue

People

 * William J. Boarman, 26th Public Printer of the United States
 * Lazarre Seymour Simckes, Playwright and author
 * Ayelet Menahemi, Film director
 * Giora Godik, Theater producer
 * Lester L. Westling, Jr., Episcopal Priest and Navy Chaplain
 * Joel Swerdlow, Journalist, editor, and author
 * Daniel Coughlin, 59th Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives (Expanded 5x from stub)
 * Patrick J. Conroy, 60th Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives
 * Jack Moline, Rabbi (Expanded 5x from stub)
 * Frederic Schwartz, Architect
 * Joshua L. Goldberg, Rabbi and Navy Chaplain
 * David Resnick, Israeli Architect
 * Gilla Gerzon, Director, Haifa USO
 * Fumanekile Gqiba, Former S. African Ambassador to Israel
 * Herbert Tarr, rabbi and novelist

Positions

 * Chaplain of the United States Senate (Expanded 5x from stub.)
 * Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives (Expanded 5x from list status.)

Memorials

 * Liberation (Holocaust memorial), in Liberty State Park, New Jersey
 * The Rising (9-11 memorial), in Westchester County, New York
 * Empty Sky (9-11 memorial), in Liberty State Park, New Jersey
 * Beirut Memorial, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Misc

 * White House Hanukkah Party
 * Independent minyan (Worship service category)