Sarah Schechter is the first female rabbi in the U.S. Air Force.[1] She joined the Air Force as a chaplain candidate, and became a chaplain when she was ordained as a Reform rabbi in 2003.[2] Her father was an Air Force chaplain in 1960.[3][4]
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She grew up in Manhattan, and decided to join the military immediately after the September 11 attacks, calling a recruiter on September 12.[5] Her daughter Yael Emunah was born during her military service.[6]
In 2013, she became the Jewish chaplain of the 11th Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and was featured on the chaplain section of the Air Force website.[7][8]
She wrote the piece "Personal Reflection: A Rabbi in the Military", which appears in the book The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate, published in 2016.[9][10]
See also
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edit- ^ "Wise Temple". Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.
- ^ "None". Archived from the original on Oct 19, 2013. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.
- ^ Orlando Sentinel [dead link]
- ^ Shear, David (2 April 2013). "Female rabbi joins US Air Force". ynet. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Ain, Stewart (20 April 2007). "Passover In The Trenches". jewishweek.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.
- ^ Air Force Captain and Reform Rabbi on Life as a Military Mom – The Sisterhood – Forward.com
- ^ "U.S. Air Force - Chaplain". www.airforce.com. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.
- ^ "Chaplain Serves as First Female Air Force Rabbi". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Hirshel Jaffe (4 May 2016). "The Message of the Sacred Calling: Our Journey to True Equality | RavBlog". Ravblog.ccarnet.org. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ^ Zauzmer, Julie (2012-12-14). "'I not only envisioned it. I fought for it': The first female rabbi isn't done yet". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
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