dated , ▁Louis ▁Wer fel , ▁who ▁spoke ▁and ▁wrote ▁English ▁well , ▁could ▁apt ly ▁speak ▁about ▁jazz ▁or ▁the ▁Mon a ▁Lisa ▁while ▁remaining ▁er ud ite ▁and ▁informed ▁of ▁Tor ah ▁law . ▁" That ▁combination , ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁was ▁very ▁rare ," ▁his ▁wife ▁Ad ina ▁re called . ▁ ▁While ▁station ed ▁in ▁North ▁Africa , ▁Chap lain ▁Wer fel ▁continued ▁car ing ▁for ▁the ▁needs ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish ▁soldiers ▁there , ▁where ▁he ▁often ▁de alt ▁with ▁issues ▁such ▁as ▁Sh abb at , ▁Kas hr ut ▁and ▁other ▁religious ▁issues ▁affect ing ▁soldiers . ▁Wer fel ▁often ▁spent ▁Sh abb at ▁in ▁various ▁Jewish ▁communities ▁throughout ▁North ▁Africa , ▁and ▁on ▁one ▁occasion , ▁observed ▁an ▁On eg ▁Sh abb at ▁conducted ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁Z ion ist ▁youth : ▁" It ▁was ▁an ▁insp iring ▁sight ▁to ▁watch ▁those ▁French - spe aking , ▁Se ph ard ic - famil ied ▁young sters , ▁about ▁ 2 0 0 ▁of ▁them , ▁singing ▁the ▁same ▁Palest in ian ▁songs ▁that ▁our ▁young sters ▁sing ▁back ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ," ▁wrote ▁Wer fel . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁last ▁report ▁to ▁the ▁Chap lain cy ▁Commission , ▁Wer fel ▁wrote ▁about ▁the ▁religious ▁condition ▁of ▁the ▁soldiers ▁in ▁battle : ▁" W ar ▁raised ▁old ▁religious ▁problems ▁in ▁new ▁gu ises : ▁in ▁one ▁combat ▁out fit ▁the ▁flight ▁sur geon ▁was ▁over wr ought ▁because ▁of ▁an ▁experience ▁in ▁his ▁squad ron .