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February 27, 2011

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Liberal faiths recruiting chaplains for the military

by Ann Rodgers
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rabbi Alvin Berkun loved his career as a Navy chaplain, but resigned during the Vietnam War.

"I felt I had to speak out against the war, and I couldn't do that in uniform," said the Pittsburgh rabbi who remains a chaplain endorser for Conservative rabbis.

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