JWB
Jewish Chaplains Council’s Nathan Landman Selected as
Chaplain of the Year
JCC Association is proud to announce that JWB
Jewish Chaplains Council Deputy Director Rabbi Nathan
M. Landman has been selected to receive the New York Board
of Rabbis Zagelbaum Chaplain of the Year Award. The award
will be presented on January 20 at the Board of Rabbis’
headquarters at 13 E. 39 Street, New York, New York. Endowed
by Mrs. Mildred Zagelbaum of Great Neck, New York and her
son, the award highlights the important work of chaplains
in providing solace and comfort.
Rabbi Landman has served as a chaplain in one form or another
since the 1950s. He was an active duty Air Force chaplain
in France, Germany, and Spain, as well as in the United States,
from 1963 to 1981. Since his retirement from the Air Force,
he has provided chaplaincy service to more than twenty health
care facilities and homes for the aged all over the New York
metro area.
In 1985, Rabbi Landman joined the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council
staff,
editing the quarterly Chaplines, which is distributed
to all Jewish chaplains and certified Jewish military lay
leaders throughout the world. He also supervises the lay leader
certification program and co-ordinates lay-leader training
workshops annually. JCC Association's JWB Jewish Chaplains
Council is the only government-accredited agency to certify
Jewish chaplains for the American armed forces.
JCC Association is the leadership network of,
and central agency for the Jewish Community Center Movement,
which is comprised of more than 275 JCCs, YM-YWHAs and camps
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 only 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
fax: 212-481-4174
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