First Jewish Chaplains
Non-Protestant Christian chaplains were not commissioned into the Army until the Civil War. The first of these were Jewish and the first Jewish chaplain to be assigned to a regiment was Ferdinand Sarner, on this day 1863. To learn more about Chaplain Sarner and the other “first” Jewish Chaplains, watch this video:
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Posted on 10 April 2022, in Chaplaincy, History and tagged Jewish Chaplain, Sarner. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.