(JUDAICA WORLD WARS) GI Holy Days Jewish Holidays and Festi

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(JUDAICA--WORLD WARS.) GI Holy Days: Jewish Holidays and Festival Observances among the Armed Forces throughout the World. 59 pages. 16mo, original illustrated wrappers; minimal wear; inscribed on title page by owner H. Garfinkle. New York: National Jewish Welfare Board, 1944

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Stories of faith from the front lines and the most remote bases: Assam, Sicily, Iran, Tarawa in the South Pacific, New Guinea, and more. A foreword describes numerous acts of interfaith cooperation: "Irish mess sergeant and Negro cook turn out the latkos for Hanukah and the Passover gefilte fish. The Jewish Chaplain, shipping Holy Day supplies to a Protestant colleague at a military outpost, sends along the communion bread for soldiers of the Catholic faith. The Jewish soldier volunteers for camp detail so that his Christian buddy may have Christmas or Easter leave."

OCLC records 5 copies; only 2 in the United States.