📖 [Abridged] Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers [in H.M. Forces] (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire 1914)

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Michael Adler and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth

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PREFATORY NOTE.
This abbreviated form of the Prayer Book has been compiled for the use of Jewish members of His Majesty’s Navy and Army. It is hoped that this book will meet the wants of the very large number of English Jews who are taking part in the present Great European War. It has been officially accepted for distribution by the Admiralty and the War Office.
By kind permission of the Jewish Religious Education Board, the text of Singer’s Authorised Prayer Book has been used.
The book is issued with the sanction of the Chief Rabbi.
MICHAEL ADLER, Chaplain.
38, Hallam Street, London, W.
9th September 1914.

NOTE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
The present Edition completes an issue of 16,000 copies. This fact testifies to the number of our brethren who are engaged on active service to-day. I am happy to know that the Prayer Book has become very endeared to my gallant comrades in H. M. Forces, both on sea and on land, who are doing their duty so well for King and Country.
May speedy victory be the answer to our prayers !
M. A.
G.H.Q., British Expeditionary Force, France,
27th June 1915.

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Michael Adler

Michael Adler DSO, SCF (27 July 1868 – 30 September 1944) was an English Orthodox rabbi, an Anglo-Jewish historian and author who was the first Jewish military chaplain to the British Army to serve in time of war, serving with the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front during the First World War from 1915 to 1918. He was responsible for the Magen David being carved on the headstones of Jewish soldiers who died in wartime instead of the traditional Cross.

Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth

The Office of the Chief Rabbi is the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and is the senior rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations. The present incumbent is Ephraim Mirvis who leads the Office of the Chief Rabbi (OCR).

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