Capt. Sarah Schechter, chaplain, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing rabbi, walks around and thanks service members for attending the Torah dedication ceremony at Gilbert Memorial Chapel, March 21, while Tech. Sgt. Craig Lifton, 332nd AEW Public Affairs NCO-in-charge of journalism, carries the newly arrived Jewish Torah behind her. A Torah is a big parchment leather scroll on which the Five Books of Moses are handwritten in Hebrew. For thousands of years, this is how Jews have maintained their law, teachings, religion and society.
Date Taken: | 03.21.2009 |
Date Posted: | 03.28.2009 09:50 |
Photo ID: | 160702 |
VIRIN: | 090321-F-5193R-136 |
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