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… Italy by Chaplain Morris Kertzer, who is on leave as director of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at the University of Iowa, was especially written for the Anglo-Jewish press as a Rosh Hashonah letter…
… considered faith based on fear as less than ade- quate. The Jewish soldier has to some extent followed the universal trend: Witness the use of the miniature Mezuzah as a charm and an amulet. But overseas there…
…Fr iday, September 15, 1944 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICi.E end The Legal Chronicle II FOXHOLE TSHUVAH The Judaism of Jewish GI Joe periences of the Jewish chaplain friendships and fellowship, based…
… Benny from the Bronx could overseas is the work of the Chris- on the sharing of common dan- do what he did. During the big tian chaplain in taking care of gers. It would be a miracle if push, his leg was…
… blown off by a the Jewish needs in his outfit. It "fox-hole buddies" weren't weld- shell, and he called to a few is inspiring to find in every regi- ed together by their experiences. of his lansleit in…
… . . trom Brooklyn, organize and ar- me to speak to a wounded Jew- promise me you'll take care of range for a Minyan, cajole and ish boy, who was suffering from yourselves . " And to the ser- persuade the…
… The wound in his leg didn't both- was related to me by one of my for the round trip. You would er him: "I just saw my buddy congregants, as we stood in the be delighted, incidentally, at the die right…
… in front of my eyes. lobby of the Rome Synagogue, ease with which the word "Min- Gus wasn't Jewish, rabbi, but I talking of the price we had paid yan" falls from the lips of chap- loved him like a…
… brother." to get there. His voice rung with lains and their assistants. One And young Jews are discover- pride, but his eyes were brimful of the latter, a Chinese boy ing hidden wells of courage and of…
… tears. Some day the two of named Tom, used the word with the facile grace of a Mosivtah matchless bravery in their fel- us would like to visit Benny's alumnus. Commanding officers, low-Jewish soldier…