U.S. Army Archives - Humans of Judaism

Roddie Edmonds

Roddie Edmonds was a Master Sergeant in the United States Army. In late 1944, Edmonds was captured in the Battle of the Bulge and held at a German POW camp. In January 1945, the Nazis ordered all Jewish-American POWs to step forward. Edmonds, the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer at the camp, […]

Chabad Rabbi makes United States Air Force History

After five weeks of training in Alabama, with only prepacked kosher ready-made meals to eat, last week Seattle-based Chabad Lubavitch Rabbi Elie Estrin became the first Chabad officer in the history of the United States Air Force. We salute Rabbi Elie Estrin, the first bearded chaplain in the US Air […]