European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Army chaplain capt Joseph Tina serves the 1st air detente arty and allot Southern Bastri out of nil Borg. Jewish chaplain in father s footsteps by David p. Out Kenton its or it j 3md that history  a \ in army chaplain capt  rom Iho coincidences just d  in 1  chaplain in  Vij Annn whose duty -. The 1st air defense arty  Havana is following t Unis tips nol Only with his Lul also with where he s Learnt or and All in his latin i chosen Nimri serving dam Iii Mah d,-ur-.,i col re Mordecai de his commission As a  m i to army air clips if 1941. And a Rcd in the Northern Pacific theater during world War it alter the War. The army air corps evolved into Tho pet Send Day air Force and in 1949 the elder Dana transferred to the Amy. In 1951, Mordohai Daina was Stahon cd m Nurnberg where he served As Ino jewish chaplain in Southern Bavaria b ing in a religious military family was did run from Iho Way Ether Young ji.-wi5h children grow up Nat Many pc ple gel to follow what their parents do in my Case i m proud to do  said the younger Daina. In december 1951. With the help of me Nurnberg Community commander. Brig. Gen Ernest Bixby. Moid Casi Daina established whal was known As Limo Only jewish military synagogue in Germany. Ironically the synagogue was dedicated in the Numberg Palace of Justice the same court building where War crimes trials were conducted after world War ii. Some of the convicted Nan War criminals Scro Eye Cutch at what became the sue of the synagogue. Two years Laler. Joseph s bar Mitzvah took place there the Bat Mitzvah ceremony Marks a 13-year-old jewish boy s entry into manhood it was an ironic list of late that the Only All jewish Chapel was put in the Palace of Justice but even More special to me was that i was bar Mitzvah of in Iho place my father had dedicated As a jewish  said Daina. In july 1953, Joseph left Germany to pursue Judaic studies in new of a City. In 1965. Mordohai Daina retired from Active duly and entered the reserves and still serves Iho fort Monmouth . Military Community. Joseph Daina became a rabbi in 1970. He was commissioned in the army chaplain s corps in 1973 making the Dainas the Only lather son rabbis in the . Armed forces. This achievement was recognized in a special ceremony by the army chief of chaplains for the younger Daina ii was really a thrill in my Young  in 1079, the army sent Daina Back to i Nurnberg the area he had known As a Young Man in the same capacity As his father 28 years earlier ii was kind of weird the Lait time i had been to Nurnberg i was a Young Man mho was us bar Mitzvah de now was coming Back with a family of my own As a military rabbi said Daina upon his arrival Daina found thai tunes had changed. The Chapel in which he received his bar Mitzvah had been relocated in 1961 from the Palace of jus Lico to building 43 on William 0. Darby Cavern where in is still located today. It was the chaplain s increased area of responsibility that shocked Daina Iho most however. When my father was in the army there Weie Aboul 150 jewish chaplains. A shared Southern Bavaria with two or three other chaplains. Mow Hera Aie Only 23 jewish chaplains army wide there s no one else Here in Bavaria Din i s assignment to fort Lewis wash., in 1982 brought him once again in touch with his lather s career. His North Pacific territory stretched All the Way Down to Guam whore his lather also once served during world War ii. I Lell like 1 was following him around. Of course there Are Only so Many places i can go but going to the same places or the same areas of coverage was. Well it s hard to  said Daina. The synagogue Al Darby will be re dedicated by Daina this year. Ii contains some of inc religious objects from the synagogue dedicated by Mordecai Daina 37 years earlier. In 1989. Daina s son Tzvi. Will receive his bar Mitzvah in the synagogue established by his Grandfather and re Dedica Lod by his father. This will realty be a completion of a Circle of family history. The events that have taken place have made us a dose. Tradition tilled  said Daina. David p Wock Filton b Ftp inv a 1h it Arm nu4� i and Fth. O i Dot i 1 Paov where All of it started hut if Ere has been a it of hones lately Aboul older people who Are Bong ac1v