Jewish Theological Seminary of America Semikhah Recipients

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Chaim Potok, Harold Kushner, Mordecai Kaplan, Jacob Neusner, Elliot N. Dorff, Joel Roth, Arnold Resnicoff, Seymour Siegel, Philip R. Alstat, Harry Halpern, Albert L. Lewis, Gordon Tucker, Arthur Hertzberg, Jill Jacobs, Richard L. Rubenstein, Daniel S. Nevins, Lawrence Troster, Neil Gillman, David Wolpe, Joseph H. Hertz, Mordecai Waxman, David G. Dalin, Samuel Schafler, Bradley Shavit Artson, Max Kadushin, Wolfe Kelman, Milton Steinberg, Harold M. Schulweis, Paula Reimers, Shaye J. D. Cohen, Menachem Creditor, Arthur Green, Sherre Hirsch, Byron Sherwin, William H. Lebeau, Benjamin Scolnic, Ira Eisenstein, Meyer Waxman, Sidney Greenberg, Aaron L. Mackler, David-Seth Kirshner, Eugene Kohn, Ira F. Stone, Mayer Rabinowitz, Martin Samuel Cohen, Mychal Springer, Miriam Berkowitz, Boaz Cohen. Excerpt: Arnold E. Resnicoff (born 1946) is an American Conservative rabbi, a decorated retired military officer and military chaplain, and a consultant on leadership, values, and interreligious affairs to military and civilian leaders. His military career began in the rivers of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, followed by assignments with Naval Intelligence in Europe, before his decision to attend rabbinical school, at the urging of a Protestant Chaplain in Vietnam. Following ordination as a rabbi, he served with the Navy for almost 25 additional years as a U.S. Navy Chaplain. After retiring from the military, his positions included appointments as National Director of Interreligious Affairs for the American Jewish Committee and Special Assistant (for Values and Vision) to the Secretary (SECAF) and Chief of Staff (CSAF) of the United States Air Force, serving at the equivalent military rank of Brigadier General. He was part of the small group of Vietnam veterans who fought for the creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, delivering the closi...