Archive for April 30th, 2012

Letters of Chaplain Louis Werfel z”l, YU’s “Flying Rabbi”

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Yeshiva University Archives has received a small collection of letters written by Yeshiva College alumnus and RIETS musmach Louis Werfel, the only Orthodox chaplain killed in action in World War II.  Known as “The Flying Rabbi” because of his frequent flights to visit servicemen in locations throughout North Africa, Chaplain Werfel perished when the plane [...]