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Heshel Mangel

Jul 13, 2026

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I joined the military, um, and shortly after I had joined the military, I got a phone call from my wife's grandfather, Rabbi Shmuelu.
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Back in 1964, um, it, it came to him a incredibly unique opportunity, a, a shlichus from, from the Rebbe, um, to go to Greenland and serve the Jewish military and civilian personnel that were there in Greenland, um, over, over the high holiday period.
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And he said, "You know, this- it would be incredible if you can figure out a way to get back to Greenland."
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[chuckles] So start off by telling us, how does a Jewish, a, a great Jewish boy find himself in the US Army as a chaplain?
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That's a phenomenal question.
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Um, so I live here in Cincinnati, uh, grew up here.
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Uh, my parents are the shluchim here in Cincinnati.

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