For the first time in the 172-year history of graduations at the United States Military Academy at West Point the Jewish Chaplain has been invited to deliver a prayer at graduation. Rabbi Avraham Soltes, who has completed 11 years as the Jewish Chaplain of the Academy, will deliver a prayer for the graduating class immediately before the newly commissioned officers take their oath of office on Wednesday.
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