More than half the rabbis of the U.S. volunteered for the chaplaincy, Rabbi Philip S. Bernstein, retiring executive director of the Jewish Welfare Board’s Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities, said last night at a banquet here, which concluded a three-day session of the Northeastern Regional Chaplains conference.
Rabbi Bernstein, who is being succeeded by Rabbi Aryeh Lev, formerly of the Chief of Chaplains’ office, pointed out that as a result of their war experience, the chaplains will “be better rabbis” and “will be more effective in mobilizing American youth for religious causes.”
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