Sarah Schechter
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Sarah Schechter is the first female rabbi in the U.S. Air Force.[1] She joined the Air Force as a chaplain candidate, and became a chaplain when she was ordained as a Reform rabbi in 2003.[2] Her father was an Air Force chaplain in 1960.[3][4]
She grew up in Manhattan, and decided to join the military immediately after the September 11 attacks, calling a recruiter on September 12.[5] Her daughter Yael Emunah was born during her military service.[6]
In 2013, she became the Jewish chaplain of the 11th Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and was featured on the chaplain section of the Air Force website.[7][8]
She wrote the piece "Personal Reflection: A Rabbi in the Military", which appears in the book The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate, published in 2016.[9][10]
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