Rabbi Sues Army Over Beard Ban
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- A rabbi is suing the U.S. Army, saying it refused his services as a chaplain because he would not shave his beard.Rabbi Menachem Stern filed suit in the U.S. District Court in...
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Stewart Ain Staff Writer Brooklyn rabbi wins right to serve without shaving.One year after filing suit against the U.S. Army for refusing to allow him to enlist as a military chaplain unless he shaved...
View Article‘As Jewish As You Get’
Sandee Brawarsky Special To The Jewish Week A rookie reporter recalls a 1980 encounter with ‘Yidl Izhik,’ a very good politician. When I interviewed Ed Koch in 1980, his father had just visited him at...
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