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From the St. Louis Jewish Light: By Jill Kassander Special to the jewish Light The caravan of cars filled with members of the Jewish War Veterans Post #644 left the Jewish Federation building on Sunday and headed to Scott Air Force Base to celebrate Hanukkah with military personnel and their families. More than 40 people of all ages joined in […]
Read moreBy RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Army’s top lawyer is disputing a critical government report that concluded faith instead of facts drove the investigation of a civilian employee wrongly suspected of spying for Israel. The report by the Pentagon inspector general found the employee, David Tenenbaum, an Orthodox Jew, was targeted by counterintelligence agents because of his religion. […]
Read moreJewish Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan January 7, 2009 SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – A South African-born Jewish soldier serving in the Australian army was killed in Afghanistan. Pvt. Gregory Sher, 30, was with a Special Operations Task Group when he was killed Sunday in a rocket attack by Taliban insurgents on a military compound in the Oruzgan Province, southwest of […]
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