A friend pointed this newspiece out. Allow me to join the ranks of heavily skeeved out.
I have no personal experience with the Chaplains recruited by the JCC's Jewish Chaplains Council, but I am concerned that a denominationally-affiliated organization would not bring in chaplains able to well serve the religious/spiritual needs of the spectrum of Jewish service-people. I'd be glad to hear if anyone has insightful comments on this issue.
The skeeved-out-ness comes from the fact that the particular organization is connected with the particular group: Chabad Lubavitchers --- whose attempts to get other Jews to become more-Orthodox cheese me off to no end. Skewing the army towards Chabad is precisely the oppostite sort of situation as I am comfortable with.
(Although, apparently, a uniform regulation requiring clean-shaved faces is currently hindering actual Chabadniks from enrolling as chaplains. - huh? wouldn't men from "other corners of the Orthodox world" be equally affected?)
Not not not happy 'bout this.
I have no personal experience with the Chaplains recruited by the JCC's Jewish Chaplains Council, but I am concerned that a denominationally-affiliated organization would not bring in chaplains able to well serve the religious/spiritual needs of the spectrum of Jewish service-people. I'd be glad to hear if anyone has insightful comments on this issue.
The skeeved-out-ness comes from the fact that the particular organization is connected with the particular group: Chabad Lubavitchers --- whose attempts to get other Jews to become more-Orthodox cheese me off to no end. Skewing the army towards Chabad is precisely the oppostite sort of situation as I am comfortable with.
(Although, apparently, a uniform regulation requiring clean-shaved faces is currently hindering actual Chabadniks from enrolling as chaplains. - huh? wouldn't men from "other corners of the Orthodox world" be equally affected?)
Not not not happy 'bout this.