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First Jewish commissioned Padres installed into Royal Army Chaplains’ Department

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23 March 2018

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The Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, speaks at a service at Bevis Marks Synagogue, in the City of London, to install the first Jewish commissioned Padres into the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, last Friday. Rabbis Reuben Livingston, Simon Taylor, and Ariel Abel were the three pioneer Jewish Padres installed

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