jewish chaplain

Holland has first Jewish military wedding since Holocaust

Marine Cpl. Chaim Benistant and his new wife paid homage to a resistance hero and army lieutenant who married in 1939 at the city's New Synagogue.

April 28, 2017 10:58 am

88-year-old rabbi injured at Coast Guard ceremony can sue government

A federal judge in Brooklyn struck down the U.S. government’s request for summary judgment in the case of Rabbi William Kloner, an 88-year-old military chaplain who was seriously injured while preparing to speak at a Coast Guard ceremony in 2010.

July 26, 2016 4:43 pm

NYPD chief chaplain, an 80-year-old rabbi, attacked in Manhattan

It is not clear whether the attacker knew who Rabbi Alvin Kass was, and the assault has not been characterized as a hate crime. Kass said he suffered “minor injuries.”

June 20, 2016 4:40 pm