"Rabbi's Beard Doesn't Make Cut"
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
If the U.S. military will bend the rules and allow a Sikh man to graduate as an officer and serve without cutting his hair or beard, then this Chabad Lubavitch rabbi will be permitted to serve in the U.S. Army Reserve Chaplaincy in due time. Non?
“It’s very frustrating. I’m not asking them to bend any rules, but, rather, do what’s been done before and issue a waiver. What’s taking them so long?” —Rabbi Menachem Stern
(photo: ©Bryan Derballa/The Wall Street Journal)
"Fort Hood Has Enough Victims Already"
Trent Gilliss, online editor
Wajahat Ali, one of the voices in our “Revealing Ramadan” and “Living Islam” shows, has written an op-ed for the Guardian’s “Comment is free” section regarding the Fort Hood shootings. A stream of responses — presently at 217 — to his essay are piling up.
As the news media cover and pundits weigh in on the tragedy, we offer one more perspective to think about as you form your ideas and talk about it with your friends and colleagues.
