The genesis of the chaplaincy -- The first military rabbis -- Fighting anti-semitism -- Rabbis in the trenches -- The interwar years -- The world at war again -- Adapting to a changing world
Summary
Rabbi Elkan Voorsanger received the Purple Heart for his actions during the Battle of Argonne. Chaplain Edgar Siskin, serving with the Marines on Pelilu Island, conducted Yom Kippur services in the midst of a barrage of artillery fire. Rabbi Alexander Goode and three fellow chaplains gave their own lifejackets to panicked soldiers aboard a sinking transport torpedoed by a German submarine, and then went down with the ship. American Jews are not usually associated with warfare. Nor, for that matter, are their rabbis. And yet, Jewish chaplains have played a significant and sometimes heroic role
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-168) and index
