02828oam 22006734a 450 991099388990332120250322110042.0978081478399308147839969780814786680081478668510.18574/nyu/9780814786680(CKB)2670000000155515(EBL)866018(OCoLC)779828364(SSID)ssj0000607170(PQKBManifestationID)11403426(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607170(PQKBWorkID)10584935(PQKB)11569789(OCoLC)835511489(MdBmJHUP)muse10292(MiAaPQ)EBC866018(DE-B1597)547969(DE-B1597)9780814786680(Perlego)720657(ODN)ODN0002947497(EXLCZ)99267000000015551519980618d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Fighting Rabbis Jewish Military Chaplains and American History /Albert Isaac SlomovitzNew York ;London :New York University Press,[1999]©19991 online resource (188 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-8098-9 0-8147-9806-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-168) and index.The genesis of the chaplaincy -- The first military rabbis -- Fighting anti-semitism -- Rabbis in the trenches -- The interwar years -- The world at war again -- Adapting to a changing world.Rabbi Elkan Voorsanger received the Purple Heart for his actions during the Battle of Argonne. Chaplain Edgar Siskin, serving with the Marines on Pelilu Island, conducted Yom Kippur services in the midst of a barrage of artillery fire. Rabbi Alexander Goode and three fellow chaplains gave their own lifejackets to panicked soldiers aboard a sinking transport torpedoed by a German submarine, and then went down with the ship. American Jews are not usually associated with warfare. Nor, for that matter, are their rabbis. And yet, Jewish chaplains have played a significant and sometimes heroic role RabbisUnited StatesHistoryMilitary chaplainsUnited StatesHistoryMilitary chaplainsJudaismHistoryElectronic books. RabbisHistory.Military chaplainsHistory.Military chaplainsJudaismHistory.355.3/47/0973Slomovitz Albert Isaac1811037MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910993889903321The Fighting Rabbis4362662UNINA