Rabbi David B. Alpert of Texarkana, Arkansas—Texas, was elected by acclamation to the state chaplaincy of the Arkansas American Legion, the first Jew to hold that office in Arkansas, at the annual convention held at Hot Springs.
Rabbi Alpert is the secretary of the Texas Kallah Association.
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