Sarah Schechter

Sarah Schechter is the first female rabbi in the U.S. Air Force.

[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.

Air Force Jewish Chaplain (Capt.) Rabbi Sarah Schechter leads Jewish services, wearing traditional Jewish prayer shawl ( tallit ), at 332 AEW Jt. Base Balad, Iraq.