Second-In-Command Of JWB Jewish
Chaplains Council Marks 50 Years Of Rabbinic Career Devoted
To Chaplaincy.
Rabbi Nathan Landman Reflects On First
Amendment Ideals, Religious Life In The Military And His Personal
Legacy
NEW YORK, NY, April 3, 2006 -- The deputy
director of the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, Rabbi Nathan
Landman, will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination
from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion at
the annual convention of the Reform movement’s Central
Conference of American Rabbis, to be held in San Diego, June
18-19. The JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, which certifies Jewish
chaplains for the U.S. armed services and Veterans Administration
and responds to the Judaic needs of Jewish service personnel
worldwide, operates under the auspices of JCC Association,
a New York-based nonprofit agency.
Landman’s active-duty career began in 1956 in the US
Air Force. After retiring in 1981, he was appointed to his
current post in 1985.
The chaplaincy, Landman believes, exemplifies the clearest
expression of our country’s commitment, enshrined in
the First Amendment to the Constitution, to freedom of religion.
“Because military chaplains are part of a team ministry,
what bonds them, and builds mutual respect is their engagement
in common tasks for the betterment of all those they serve,”
Landman wrote in an article about his career. “Respect
comes naturally when you are working on the same project together.”
Landman’s dedication to the chaplaincy, JWB, and the
Reform movement was foreshadowed by family connections. His
grandfather, Dr. Louis Hyamson Landman, emigrated from the
Kiev region in 1887 to Cincinnati, where he enrolled in classes
at Hebrew Union College. Two of Dr. Landman’s sons were
later ordained there, Rabbi Isaac Landman and Rabbi Solomon
Landman, Nathan Landman’s father. In 1917, while still
a rabbinical student at HUC, Solomon Landman volunteered time
at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Isaac Landman, Nathan Landman’s
uncle, served as chaplain to General Pershing’s forces
on the Mexican border in 1916, later helping to organize the
National Jewish Welfare Board in 1917 as representative of
the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Reform Movement’s
professional association. Landman’s aunt, Sara Landman,
worked as a volunteer for the JWB in France, subsequently
serving at the JWB center in Koblenz, Germany from 1918-1919.
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JCC Association
is the leadership network of, and central agency for the Jewish
Community Center Movement, which is comprised of 350 JCC,
YM-YWHA and camp sites in the U. S. and Canada. JCC Association
offers a wide range of services and resources to strengthen
the capacity of its affiliates to provide educational, cultural,
social, Jewish identity-building, and recreational programs
to enhance the lives of North American Jews of all ages and
backgrounds. Additionally, the movement fosters and strengthens
connections between North American Jews and Israel as well
as with world Jewry. JCC Association is also the U.S. government
accredited agency for serving the religious and social needs
of Jewish military personnel, their families, and patients
in VA hospitals through JWB Jewish Chaplains Council.
Miriam
Rinn
Communications Manager
JCC Association
15 E. 26 St., NY, NY 10010
212-786-5092
grounds. Additionally, the movement fosters and strengthens
connections between North American Jews and Israel as well
as with world Jewry. JCC Association is also a U.S. government
accredited agency for serving the religious and social needs
of Jewish military personnel, their families, and patients
in VA hospitals through JWB Jewish Chaplains Council.
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