An Orthodox Jewish rabbi -- who was barred from serving as an Army chaplain for the past two years because he refused to shave the beard required by his faith -- has won his legal fight against the military, and will be sworn in tomorrow (December 9, 2011), according to the Associated Press website.
Rabbi Menachem Stern, 29, of Brooklyn, will be officially admitted to the chaplaincy in a ceremony at The Shul Community Center in Surfside, Florida.
Stern is a member of the Chabad Lubavitch movement of Judaism, whose rabbis are prohibited from shaving their beards.
This is just the second time ever -- the first was more than 30 years ago -- that a bearded Jewish rabbi has been granted an exemption to serve as a military chaplain.
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