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Chaplaincy Scholarship (PDF)
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Learn
more about our chaplains in the field. Each month, we
will feature a different chaplain serving our Jewish men and
women in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Chaplines
Spring 2007
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Contact
Rabbi Harold L. Robinson
director, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council
212-786-5119
send an e-mail
Rabbi Barry R. Baron
deputy director, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council
212-786-5137
send an e-mail
Rabbi Brad
Hoffman
deputy director, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council
212-786-5171
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Rabbi connects home and Iraq By Kristin E. Holmes
Inquirer Staff Writer
Few things keep Rabbi Jon Cutler away from his Warrington congregation. Even a 15-month stint as a chaplain in Iraq fails to get in the way.
Last Sunday, Congregation Tiferes B'nai Israel's monthly book club met at its usual spot, Panera Bread on Route 309. On speaker phone, from Al Asad Air Base, was Cutler, discussing the book Endless Light with about 10 members of his synagogue.
"It's a way of keeping him by our side," said Joyce Burstein, a member of the group. >> go to complete story
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JWB Chaplains Council and Jewish Publication Society Team Up to Release New Pocket-Sized Hebrew Bible for the Troops, with Support from the Everett Foundation
1/1/08 There are no atheists in foxholes, the saying goes, and thanks to a generous donation by the Everett Foundation, Jews who serve in the military will soon have their own pocket-sized editions of the Tanakh , the complete Hebrew Bible, to carry with them into battle. JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, an affiliate of JCC Association here, and the Philadelphia-based Jewish Publication Society are the joint publishers of this new edition, scheduled for shipment this spring to chaplains on all overseas and domestic bases. The aim is to have one in the hands of every Jew in the military in time for Shavuot, the spring harvest festival that celebrates God's giving of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai. >> go to complete story
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Faith amid conflict
Two years ago, Andrew Shulman's designated location on Shabbat mornings was the auditorium of the Orthodox Congregation Beth Israel in Malden, a suburb of Boston. Shoulders covered by a tallit, Shulman followed the service in the siddur, lending his deep, ebullient voice in prayer and song. Before services ended and everybody left for lunch, Shulman would stand up before the congregation and discuss the schedule for the following week. This was among his responsibilities as the synagogue's program director. >> go to complete story
Richard Tenorio, THE JERUSALEM POST
April 24, 2008
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Military Chaplains Wanted
Who will bring God to the troops and the troops to God? That
is the role of a military chaplain, especially during wartime.
Noncombatants, chaplains enter the service as officers, usually
first lieutenants. They are trained to respond to a variety
of situations and serve all over the world, ministering to
a diverse group of people. Being a rabbi in the U.S.
Armed Forces is one of the most interesting and stimulating
ministries imaginable. “My years as a chaplain in the
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps at the start of the Vietnam War
were foundational to the fulfillment I derived throughout
my rabbinate,” said Rabbi William Lebeau of the Jewish
Theological Seminary.
The
JWB Jewish Chaplains Council is a living example of the richness
and vitality of Jewish pluralism. It brings together the various
streams of religious Jewry, while respecting their diversity.
The overall record of co-operation between all Jewish Chaplains
in strengthening the identity of all Jews they serve, regardless
of orientation, is one of the Council's proudest achievements.
The
Council energetically recruits rabbis through visits to various
seminaries, attendance at rabbinical conferences, and notices
in professional newsletters. Follow-up support is provided
through a continuing pastoral relationship with rabbis in
the field.
The
military Jewish chaplaincy offers a unique challenge to the
young rabbi who aspires to serve "K'lal Yisrael"
in a special environment: the Armed Forces of the United States.
Jews who volunteer for the military represent the entire spectrum
of Jewish identity, from the most assimilated to the most
traditionally observant. Since they often find themselves
isolated from contact with Jewish communities because of the
global mission of the service of which they are a part, the
presence of a rabbi in uniform can make all the difference
between their developing patterns of personal Jewish commitment
or the abandonment of their heritage.
For more information, contact Rabbi Harold L. Robinson, director,
JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, 212-786-5119 or send
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