The American Jewish Experience

The American Jewish Experience
Author: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Center for the Study of the American Jewish Experience
Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1986
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780841909342

The Fighting Rabbis

The Fighting Rabbis
Author: Albert I. Slomovitz
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2001-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0814798063

The Fighting Rabbis details the compelling history of Jewish military chaplains from their first service during the Civil War to the first female Jewish chaplain and the rabbinic role in Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm. Rabbi Slomovitz, himself a Navy chaplain, opens a window onto the fieldwork, religious services, counseling, and dramatic battlefield experiences of Jewish military chaplains throughout our nation's history.