Youth Education:
Jewish American Heritage Month Resources
Chaplain Alexander Goode (1911–1943)
Gave His Life for the Highest Duty
 The 24” x 36” poster will be provided free of cost if folded and mailed flat. (Copies mailed in poster tubes are available for $5 S&H. There will be a $2 charge plus postage if more than 25 copies are requested.) To order a copy of the poster, please email poster@jhsgw.org.
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President George W. Bush proclaimed May to be Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM). The new heritage month is an opportunity for educators to heighten awareness of American Jewish history, culture, and heritage. For more information on JAHM, visit www.jewishheritage.us.
The story of U.S. Army Chaplain Alexander Goode launches the Local Stories poster series.
Chaplain Goode grew up in Washington, D.C. He was ordained as a rabbi in 1937, and following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he completed Army Chaplains School.
On January 23, 1943, at age 32, Chaplain Goode boarded the U.S. Army transport ship Dorchester. When the ship was torpedoed on February 3, 1943, Chaplain Goode and the three Christian chaplains on board calmly directed their fellow soldiers to lifeboats. The four chaplains gave their lifejackets to other men and joined arms at the ship’s railing—praying and singing hymns to men on lifeboats and in the icy water. All four men went down with the ship.
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