Lt. Julius J. Nodel holds Jewish services..., circa 1945

Text on back of photograph: Lt. (JG) Julius J. Nodel, Jewish chaplain at the Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va., also holds Jewish services for personnel of neighboring stations, the Patrol Plane Base and Coast Guard Air Station, Elizabeth City, N.C. and the Naval Air Station, Weeksville, N.C. The Ark shown in this photograph was made for him by men of the Weeksville Air Station. Chaplain Nodel is the former rabbi of the Euclid Avenue Temple, Cleveland, Ohio. Educated at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., and Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio, he entered the Naval chaplaincy in August 1944.Digital imag