The Rabbinical Alumni of the Yeshiva University, at an all-day conference here today, adopted a program to supply 39 Jewish chaplains needed in the American armed forces by the end of this year, and 110 chaplains by July, 1951.
Under the plan, accepted by the rabbis, each graduate will be drafted, first, by the rabbinical group in line with the terms of eligibility set-up by the military authorities. Within these limits the rabbis will then be requested to volunteer for chaplaincy duty under a priority system similar to that being used by selective service officials. The call to duty will be determined by lot–drawn by a member of the University faculty.
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