Jewish Chaplaincy in the British Armed Forces: Captains of the Souls of Men 1892-2021

by Jonathan Lewis

Book Overview

The first British Jewish chaplain, Reverend Francis Cohen, was appointed in 1892 and ministered in Britain. It was the creation of Reverend Michael Adler, DSO, for commissioned Jewish chaplains to serve alongside soldiers in the field in wartime. At the age of 46, from 1915, Adler spent over three years on the Western Front. Twenty Jewish chaplains served with the British Army in the First World War, and fifty-six Army and RAF chaplains, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 180371042X
• ISBN13: 9781803710426
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell
• Length: 472 Pages