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Captains of the Souls of Men
Dr Jonathan Lewis
Jewish Chaplaincy in the British Armed
Forces
Who were these men?
What did they do?
A story of duty and service starting in
1892
Dr Jonathan Lewis studied Law at Cambridge and practised as a Solicitor and a Judge. A member of Pinner United Synagogue, he served for twelve years on the Board of Deputies of
British Jews. Jonathan is active in Jewish legal and historical circles.
In retirement Jonathan was awarded a PhD for his research on this topic by University College London. The first ever
study of this topic, his work has been published as Jewish Chaplaincy in the British Armed Forces, Captains of the Souls of Men, 1892-2021 (London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2022, 443 pp.). Copies, individually inscribed, are available, in hardback at £40 and in paperback at £25 + p&p from the author at
