A Chabad-affiliated group became the second Jewish agency empowered to endorse U.S. military chaplains. The Aleph Institute, a Miami-based non-profit that serves Jewish prisoners and members of the military, was designated this month by the Department of Defense as an endorsing agency empowered to recruit and approve Jewish military chaplains.
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