Rabbi Reuben Livingstone
10/11/2022BFBS explores how, in an increasingly diverse and inclusive armed forces, people of all religious faiths and those of none mark the remembrance period in their own way.
For over a hundred years, Remembrance has traditionally been marked with religious services taking place, largely, in Christian settings.
Tim Humphries speaks to Rabbi Reuben Livingstone, senior Jewish chaplain to the Armed Forces, as he explores how people of all religious faiths mark the Remembrance period.
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