National Commander Harold Russell of Amvets today announced the appointment of Rabbi Dudley Weinberg of Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline, Mass., as national chaplain for the World War II veterans organization.
Rabbi Weinberg served as a major in the Army Chaplain corps in the South Pacific. He is the first clergyman of Jewish faith to be appointed national chaplain of Amvets. He succeeds a Catholic priest, the Rev. Francis Wallace, of La Crosse, Wis.
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