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Military
Chaplaincy Scholarship (PDF)
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
send an e-mail |
JWB/B'nai B'rith Buddy Bears Go to Children of Jewish Military Personnel for Hanukkah
 New York, December 13, 2007- For the first time, over eighty stuffed toy bears provided by B'nai B'rith International were sent by JWB Jewish Chaplains Council to the children of deployed service men and women for Hanukkah to thank them on behalf of the entire Jewish community. Both organizations wanted the families of Jews in the military to know that the Jewish community feels grateful for their sacrifice. “The point was to express our appreciation to the families and the children who have to deal with this long separation,” said Rabbi Brad Hoffman, deputy director of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council. The B'nai B'rith Buddy Bears, as they're called, will show the children and families that the Jewish community is aware of all they are enduring, and is thankful for the service of their loved ones. >> go to complete story |
Director
of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council Honored as He Retires from
U.S. Navy
New
York, NY, October 24, 2007 – After more than thirty-six
years as a naval chaplain, Harold L. Robinson, the head of
the JCC Association’s JWB Jewish Chaplains Council,
received official honors at a ceremony marking his retirement
from the U.S. Navy last month. go
to complete story |
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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
an e-mail |
