The Shliach and The Bomb Sniffing Dog

By Eric A Stern for the NY Times
Left, Officer John Fosket of the Helena Police Department and Miky, a bomb-sniffing dog trained by the Israeli Defense Forces. Right, Shliach Rabbi Chaim Bruk

HELENA, MT — In Montana, a rabbi is an unusual sight. So when a Hasidic one walked into the State Capitol last December, with his long beard, black hat and long black coat, a police officer grabbed his bomb-sniffing German shepherd and went to ask the exotic visitor a few questions.

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