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Simeon Kobrinetz
Rabbi Chaplain Simeon Kobrinetz (1928-2011), born in Brooklyn, New York, was the first rabbi to attain general officer rank in the United States military. He graduated from Columbia University, studied at Yeshiva University, and earned a Ph.D. from the Jewish Technological Seminary. In 1970, after serving as Hillel Director at the University of Florida and the University of Miami, he served as national chaplain of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, including rising to president from 1976-1978. At the time of his death, He was also president of the Jewish War Veterans. Rabbi Kobrinetz led the campaign to establish Chaplain's Hill as a memorial to fallen Jewish chaplains.
Military Personnel & Veterans | Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies | 🇺🇸 United States of America | 🇺🇸 Veterans Day (11 November)
94th Congress | American Jewry of the United States | English vernacular prayer | Prayers of Guest Chaplains | prayers of military chaplains | U.S. Senate | תחינות teḥinot | 20th century C.E. | 58th century A.M.
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Chaplain Simeon Kobrinetz on 26 February 1975
Contributed on: 26 Feb 2024 by Simeon Kobrinetz | the Congressional Record of the United States of America | ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 26 February 1975. . . .
