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chaplain
Cedars-Sinai’s chaplaincy program puts spirituality on the medical charts
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
December 12, 2012
Usually, the frantic words, “Someone get the rabbi!” uttered in a hospital room mean only one thing. So Debbie Marcus burst into tears when Rabbi Jason Weiner was summoned to her grandfather’s room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in July 2008.
A Chaplain’s calling: ‘It drew me in’
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
December 12, 2012
For Rabbi Jason Weiner, his one-year chaplaincy internship at Beth Israel Medical Center on New York’s Lower East Side was a not-so-pleasant requirement while he was a rabbinic student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah.
Gillibrand presses Army on beard policy
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2011
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand urged the Army to modify a regulation banning facial hair in order to allow rabbis to serve as chaplains. \”It is my understanding that a review of this policy is currently under way at the Department of Defense,\” Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) wrote recently to Army Secretary John McHugh. \”I write to strongly urge that while this review is ongoing, the Army grant waivers of this policy to prospective chaplains who are otherwise fully qualified to serve.\”
Top Gun Rabbi
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
August 14, 2003
While you won\’t find Sarah Schecter soaring through the skies like Tom Cruise in "Top Gun," the Los Angeles resident has the honor of becoming the Air Force\’s first female rabbi.
The Circuit
Michael Aushenker
May 8, 2003
Becker General Contractors\’ Sandy Becker was happy to be at what is known in the real estate and construction business as a \”sunriser\” — an early morning get-together.
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