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bimah. Embroidered on it are
parts of the 24th Psalm, and
another part of the verse is
continued on the wall in large
gold letters.
Inside the Ark, the two
Torahs are covered in blue
and gold, the Naval Academy
colors. On one of them, there's
a dedication to the memory
and honor of all Jewish alum-
ni of the Academy.
Jewish midshipmen gather
here every week for Shabbat
services, led by Rabbi
Slomovitz and Cantor Tali
Katz. Here, too, High Holy
Day services are held — with
the crowd so large this past
year that it was standing
room only as midshipmen
and their families came to
worship together.
This also is the place where
Jewish midshipmen often
choose to be married in full-
dress Navy style. It was in
this chapel that Ensign Gary
Savitt celebrated his bar
mitzvah in May 1990, one
week before he graduated.
A photo of Mr. Savitt, who
was then 20 and had never
been bar mitzvah, is part of
the window display in the
Chaplains' Center, where
Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish chaplains all have
their offices.
Rabbi Slomovitz's cheerful,
busy office is a center of
Jewish life at the Academy.
His calendar is crammed with
activities. Besides officiating
at Shabbat services, he
counsels midshipmen — both
Jewish and non-Jewish —
teaches a Hebrew class, leads
a three-week summer tour of
Israel for Naval Academy
students and helps with
special activities and pro-
grams like the Academy's an-
nual Holocaust program and
other interfaith activities.
"The role of the rabbi is to
serve all the midshipmen,"
emphasizes Rabbi Slomovitz,
a commander in the U.S.
Navy and a Reform rabbi,
who came to the Academy in
June 1989 as its second full-
time chaplain. "And often I'm
serving the non-Jewish
students by educating them
about Judaism."
For example, at the annual
Passover seder, the Jewish
midshipmen are encouraged
to invite their non-Jewish
friends and roommates. In
the Hebrew class, which this
semester numbers 40 stu-
dents, a majority are not
Jewish.
Christian midshipmen also
sign up eagerly for the sum-
mer tours to Israel which
Rabbi Slomovitz has led.
At the Friday evening
Shabbat services, Jewish mid-
shipmen often bring their
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