Although the quotas for military chaplains for other religions are still to be filled, the Jewish quota is up to par, it was announced here this week-end at the 21st national convention of the Military Chaplain’s Association. The Jewish chaplain quota is 3.5 percent of the total.
The problem of quotas has been solved by the National Jewish Welfare Board, Dr. Abraham Feldman, vice-president of the J.W.B. division of religious activities, told the parley. In 1950 younger rabbis throughout the country volunteered to be “drafted” by the J.W.B. At present the only rabbis called up by the Board are unmarried or married without children, he said.
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