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Army ejects accused assailant of Jewish soldier By DERRICK MAHONE The Atlanta Journal-Constitution An Army trainee who was accused of assaulting a Jewish soldier at Fort Benning last month has been thrown out the military, the Anti-Defamation League announced Sunday. The organization commended the Army for acting “decisively to punish” the recruit who assaulted Pvt. Michael Handman, 20, of Atlanta, […]
Read moreUS: Jewish Army trainee says he was beaten Pvt. Michael Handman says knocked unconscious by fellow soldier days after he complained of religious discrimination. Army officials at Fort Benning investigating claims Associated Press Published: 10.03.08, 20:28 / Israel News Army officials at Fort Benning are investigating the claims of a Jewish soldier in basic training who says he was beaten […]
Read moreJewsOnFirst.Org has effectively gathered the information on the Fort Leavenworth situation into one listing, here, including PDFs of the now-removed documents. Not an endorsement of JewsOnFirst.org, necessarily, as there are many issues on the site that many of us might agree/disagree with, but as far as information collection for the sake of making individual determinations, the linked page does an […]
Read moreIn the “don’t believe the hype department” from the Jerusalem Post, which titled the article “US army faces anti-Semitism allegations”. The link to the article is here. In a nutshell, Christian Bible-study lessons on the post chaplain’s portion of the Fort Leavenworth website included materials that “blamed Jews for acts of terrorism, including the crucifixion of Jesus and the persecution […]
Read moreI don’t want JIG to turn into the Air Force Academy News Network, but I know this is a hot topic to a lot of our readers. I’ll try to maintain balance by combining the vast number of articles I have into a few jam-packed posts. So here’s what’s new in a nutshell: The school superintendent admits there is a […]
Read moreUPDATE: Yet another twist in the Air Force Academy discrimination issue has surfaced. A top Air Force Academy chaplain said Thursday she was fired for speaking up about anti-Semitism and other reports of religious intolerance among cadets and staff. Read the AP article HERE. I first wrote about this story back in December, but the issue has been in the […]
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