Cedars-Sinai’s chaplaincy program puts spirituality on the medical charts

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on December 12, 2012

Usually, the frantic words, “Someone get the rabbi!” uttered in a hospital room mean only one thing. So Debbie Marcus burst into tears when Rabbi Jason Weiner was summoned to her grandfather’s room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in July 2008.

A Chaplain’s calling: ‘It drew me in’

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on December 12, 2012

For Rabbi Jason Weiner, his one-year chaplaincy internship at Beth Israel Medical Center on New York’s Lower East Side was a not-so-pleasant requirement while he was a rabbinic student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah.

Angels Among Us

By Dikla Kadosh
Published on May 3, 2011

Gillibrand presses Army on beard policy

Published on March 16, 2011

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand urged the Army to modify a regulation banning facial hair in order to allow rabbis to serve as chaplains. "It is my understanding that a review of this policy is currently under way at the Department of Defense," Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) wrote recently to Army Secretary John McHugh. "I write to strongly urge that while this review is ongoing, the Army grant waivers of this policy to prospective chaplains who are otherwise fully qualified to serve."

Jewish Army chaplain in Afghanistan juggles outreach to local Muslims, interfaith counseling, and th

By JewishJournal.com
Published on November 12, 2007

Top Gun Rabbi

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on August 14, 2003

While you won't find Sarah Schecter soaring through the skies like Tom Cruise in "Top Gun," the Los Angeles resident has the honor of becoming the Air Force's first female rabbi.

The Circuit

By Michael Aushenker
Published on May 8, 2003

Becker General Contractors' Sandy Becker was happy to be at what is known in the real estate and construction business as a "sunriser" -- an early morning get-together.