A Jewish Chaplain in France

by Lee J. Levinger

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Chaplain's Function	1
II.	The Jewish Holydays of 1918 in the A. E. F.	10
III.	At the Front with the Twenty-seventh Division	27
IV.	After the Armistice	52
V.	At the American Embarkation Center	69
VI.	The Jewish Chaplains Overseas	81
VII.	The Jewish Welfare Board in the A. E. F.	92
VIII.	The Jew as a Soldier	114
IX.	Jew and Christian at the Front	132
X.	The Religion of the Jewish Soldier	145
XI.	Preaching to Soldiers	160
XII.	Morale and Morals	170
XIII.	The Moral Gain and Loss of the Soldier	190
XIV.	The Jewish Soldier and Judaism	205
XV.	The Jewish Soldier and Anti-Semitism	214

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CHAPTER I

THE CHAPLAIN'S FUNCTION

In giving the story and the opinions of a Jewish chaplain in the American Expeditionary Forces, some statement is necessary of the work of the chaplains as a whole. Chaplains are an essential part of the organization of a modern army and it is notable that General Pershing repeatedly requested that the number of chaplains be doubled in the forces under his command. Hardly a narrative of soldiers' experiences exists without due place being given to the chaplain. In every army in France, chaplains were frequently cited for heroism and in innumerable instances suffered and died with the men in the ranks.