Rabbi bonnie koppell biography

          Bonnie Koppell is an American rabbi..

          One of the first women rabbis ordained, Bonnie Koppell became the first woman rabbi to serve as a US military chaplain.

        1. Rabbi Bonnie Koppell is a rabbi in Arizona and is most widely known as the first female rabbi to serve in the U.S. military.
        2. Bonnie Koppell is an American rabbi.
        3. Rabbi Bonnie Koppell is a Chaplain (Colonel) in the United States Army Reserve and currently serves as Command Chaplain of the th Medical Command.
        4. Bonnie Koppell is an American rabbi.

          5. Rabbi Bonnie Koppell

          Colonel, U.S. Army Reserves

          Rabbi Bonnie Koppell, a U.S. Army Reserve chaplain since 1978, was promoted to colonel on May 3 of this year making her the first female rabbi in the U.S.

          Army to hold that rank. Rabbi Koppel is used to firsts, as she was the first female rabbi commissioned in the Army and is currently one of only two military-wide.

          Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Koppel joined the Army Reserves while a Rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist College in Philadelphia.

          She was ordained in 1981, and served Beth Sholom in Chandler, Arizona for 18 years before resigning this April when she deployed to Iraq. She currently serves as a guest rabbi at Beth Hagivot in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

          Earlier this year, in response to a phone request, Koppel volunteered to go to Iraq to conduct Passover services for the troops and to visit different units to encourage Jewish soldiers.

          Koppel is currently assigned to the Chief of Chaplains Contingency Fo