Rabbis return to the German army

Correspondent in Berlin

Since the 1930s and the coming of the Nazis to power, rabbi chaplains had been excluded from the ranks of the army. They will now be able to return to the troops since the Bundestag passed a law to that effect. The text provides that ten of them will be able to bring spiritual aid to the approximately 300 Jewish soldiers serving in the Bundeswehr. It is a " special sign of recognition and solidarity " welcomed Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer welcoming a " special moment " for the country.

Thanks to this initiative, " Jewish life returns in a demonstrative way in the Bundeswehr ", and this at a time when " anti-Semitism is growing every day in our society, " she added.

These rabbis will be recruited gradually from 2020 as contract workers for a period of six years, this period may be renewed. Public servants, for their part, will be hired for life. They are supposed to represent the different

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