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 Dedication at Arlington National Cemetery for Jewish Chaplains - October 24 in Virginia On October 24, 2011, the American Jewish Community will dedicate at Arlington National Cemetery a congressionally mandated memorial to Jewish Chaplains who died in service to our country finial uniting their names to the names of the protestant ac Roman Catholic Chaplains who perished. All are welcome to the dedication but we would like to contact and formally invite any family members we can reach. If you know any family member of the below listed Rabbis please contact or have them contact: DAVID S. ENGEL, 22 Round Hill Road Shelton, CT 06484 Tel: 1-203-924-7474 greystintl@aol.com
Captain Rabbi Nachman S. Arnoff U.S. Army October 2, 1899-May 9, 1946 Ordination: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1925 Lt. Colonel Rabbi Meir Engel U.S. Army 1914-December 16, 1964 Ordination: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1942 Lieutenant Rabbi Frank Goldenberg U.S. Army November 8, 1919- May, 1946 Ordination: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1944 Lieutenant Rabbi Alexander D. Goode U.S. Army May 10, 1911-February 3, 1943 Ordination: Hebrew Union College, 1937 Lieutenant Rabbi Henry Goody U.S. Army April 2, 1916 October 19, 1943 Ordination: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1941(Canadian citizen) Captain Rabbi Joseph I. Hoenig, U.S. Air Force July 18, 1942-December 29, 1966 Ordination: Mesifta Talmudic Seminary, Brooklyn, New York, 1964 Major Rabbi Samuel Dodkin Hurwitz U.S. Army October 24, 1901-December 9, 1943 Ordination: Hebrew Union College, 1929 Lieutenant Rabbi Herman L. Rosen, U.S. Army 1901-June 18, 1943 Ordination: Rabbi Isaac Elchanon Theological Seminary, 1922 Lt. Colonel Rabbi Samuel Rosen U.S. Air Force February 12, 1907-May 13, 1955 Ordination: Yeshiva College, 1929 Lieutenant Rabbi Solomon Rosen U.S. Air Force May 11, 1924,-November 1, 1948 Ordination: Mesifta Rabbinical Seminary, 1946 Captain Rabbi Morton Harold Singer October 25, 1936-December 17, 1968 Ordination: Yeshiva Tifereth Yerushalayim, 1965 Captain Rabbi David M. Sobel U.S. Air Force October 14, 1946-March 8, 1974 Ordination: Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, 1973 Captain Rabbi Irving Tepper, U.S. Army December 15, 1912-August 13, 1945 Hebrew Theological Seminary College, 1939 Lieutenant Rabbi Louis Werfel U.S. Army June 9, 1916 -December 24, 1943 Ordination: Rabbi Isaac Elchanon Theological Seminary, 1940
Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation’s oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and nonprofit management professionals, and offers graduate programs to scholars and clergy of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR’s scholarly resources comprise the renowned Klau Library, The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. In partnership with the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, HUC-JIR sustains the Reform Movement’s congregations and professional and lay leaders. HUC-JIR’s campuses invite the community to cultural and educational programs illuminating Jewish history, identity, art, and archaeology, and fostering interfaith and multiethnic understanding. |
