German army taps chief rabbi for 1st time in a century, 76 years after Holocaust – Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer (Zsolt) Balla says he will ‘help all Jews live a Jewish life,’ and will aim to curb far-right extremism; new military rabbinate budgeted 5 million euros | Timesofisrael

For the first time in 100 years and 76 years after the Holocaust ended, the German Army will appoint a chief rabbi and other rabbis to its military chaplaincy.