THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Jewish Welfare Board Provides
High Holiday Services for Military

NEW YORK — Ameri- lains, civilian and Re-
can Jewish military per- serve rabbis and military
sonnel and their families lay leaders through ar-
in such far-flung loca- rangements made by the
tions as Japan, Germany, Commission on Jewish
Korea, Spain, Greece, Chaplaincy of the Jewish
Turkey, Italy and the Welfare Board.
Philippines will be able to
The civilian and Re-
observe the High Holy serve rabbis will conduct
Days and have their spe- services at many bases
cial religious needs met where no full-time Jewish
by Jewish military chap- chaplain is stationed.
Full-time and part-time
Jewish chaplains and
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military lay leaders will
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conduct Rosh Hashana
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and Yom Kippur services
at more than 550 domes-
tic military installations
and at many overseas
points, on. Navy vessels
on the high seas, and for
patients in VA hospitals.
Special holiday ship-
ments of traditional High
Holy Day items — kosher
foods, prayer books and
prayer shawls, yarmulkes,
Torah strolls; shofars,
Jewish calendars and in-
spirational literature are
provided to Jewish milit-
ary personnel and their
Families by JWB.
JWB also provides re-
ligious materials for U.S.
servicemen on duty at
embassies overseas, for
U.S. foreign personnel,
and for Peace Corpsmen
serving in remote areas.
The JWB Commission,
working with the place-
ment services of the
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Central 'Conference of
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American Rabbis, Rab-
binical Assembly, and the
Rabbinical Council of
America, has helped to
secure civilian rabbis to
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conduct High Holy Day
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services for many milit-
ary bases that have no
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permanent chaplain.
Traditional Selihot
prayers and liturgical
melodies of the High Holy
Days and Sukkot are av-
ailable on three cassettes
produced by JWB's Com 7
mission on Jewish Chap-
laincy for the fall holiday
period. The cassettes are
often. played over VA
hospital networks so that
bedridden Jewish pa-
tients can take part in
holiday .observances.
Ambulatory patients
usually attend hospital
services. In some cases,
Jewish chaplains arrange
special late suppers for
those patients who
choose to fast on Yom
Kippur.
Many Jewish personnel
are granted leave so they
can travel home for the
High Holy Days. Others:.
_invisible evidence of good
will be offered home hos-
grooming is this pair of monog-
pitality by Jewish resi-
rammed sterling silver shirt collar
dents of the local com-
stays by Leonore Doskow Sil-
munities where they are
versmiths. A handsome leather
stationed. Single men and
case keeps the gift that is truly for
women are often guests of
the man who has everything.
military families on their
Silver
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respective bases.
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Cooperating in holiday
arrangements with the
Jewish chaplains and the
JWB Commission on
Jewish Chaplaincy are
the JWB Women's Or-
ganizations' Services,
local Armed Forces and
Veterans Services Com-
mittees, Jewish Commun-
ity Centers affiliated with
JWB, synagogues, and
other local Jewish or-
ganizations.

Friday, September 24, 1976 5

Almogi Stresses Economic Crisis

NEW YORK (JTA) —
Yosef Almogi, chairman
of the Jewish Agency and
World Zionist Organiza-
tion Executives, declared
last week that Israel's
economic problems and
financial needs must re-
ceive top priority, adding
that "an economic crisis
is no less dangerous than
a political or military
crisis."

Addressing a special
luncheon meeting of more
than 100 New York lead-
ers of the Israel Bond Or-

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Hotel, Almogi warned
that a lack of investment
funds to promote Israel's
recovery from the
economic problems re-

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