Beirut Bombing 43 Years Later: Rabbi Recalls Chaplains' Response
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This episode marks the 43rd anniversary of the devastating 1983 terrorist attack on the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, which killed 241 American service members. The podcast examines the historical background of the multinational peacekeeping deployment, the rising sectarian tensions of the Lebanese civil war, and the catastrophic impact of the truck bomb. It features the powerful reflections of Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, who served as a Navy chaplain and rushed into the ruins alongside Christian chaplains to offer interfaith pastoral care, triage, and comfort under…
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