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At the ADL’s request, Army Pvt. Michael Handman has been moved to another unit.
League spokesman Bill Nigut said that in September, Handman wrote to his parents and complained that he had been discriminated against. Two drill sergeants were disciplined in connection with those incidents.
Then, on Sept. 24, Handman was attacked and beaten by another soldier. He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for a concussion and bruises and was released, said Fort Benning spokeswoman Monica Manganaro.
Handman wrote to his parents after a drill sergeant refused to let the 20-year-old soldier, an observant Jew, wear his yarmulke in the dining hall, Manganaro said. The sergeant also did not allow him to pray during guard duty.
Army policy allows Jews to wear their yarmulke while dining, but no one is allowed to pray while on guard duty, she said.
Another drill sergeant allegedly referred to Handman as “Juden” – a German word for Jew and a perjorative term.
“That drill sergeant has lived in Germany and did not know that it is derogatory,” Manganaro said. “It doesn’t matter if you are aware or not.”
The sergeants received a letter of reprimand and sensitivity training that requires them to teach a class on various customs and religions.
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Oct 06, 2008 at 12:30 PM bigwheeel Says:
I would give the seargent/s (involved in this case) a letter of Reprimand and a letter of Recommendation to Guantanamo Bay (at the mercy of some of the inmates. And if he survived, both, physically and mentally, he would be allowed to return to his unit, to instruct (and incite) new recruits!!!
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Oct 06, 2008 at 12:36 PM jewontheloose Says:
oh, come on. the yid looks like a total wuss. he never would have made it to fight for eretz in '48.
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Oct 06, 2008 at 01:06 PM Anonymous Says:
Jewontheloose,
I don't see you enlisting.
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Oct 06, 2008 at 01:26 PM Allan Says:
Sensitivity training my foot..they should serve time in the Brigg and then should be given a dishonorable discharge. If this is done the other anti-semites will think long and hard before acting on their primative urges.
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Oct 06, 2008 at 04:38 PM jewontheloose Says:
i don't think it will discourage anti-semitism, just force it into a different outlet. in fact the nebish and his whining makes it worse. he needs to man up.
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Oct 06, 2008 at 08:38 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Sensitivity training my foot..they should serve time in the Brigg and then should be given a dishonorable discharge. If this is done the other anti-semites will think long and hard before acting on their primative urges. ”
To correct you Allan, the "brig" is Navy Jail, "Stockade" is Army jail. The army is basicly anti-semetic... They have made great strides since I served our country for 6 six years and 2 tours of duty in Vietnam. Drill sargents are the crudest of the crude, they are selected for this very skill. I will tell you the Army is no place for a thin skinned Yid. I can not begin to tell you the litany of names I was called, the rude, crude hurtful remarks and jokes made about Yidden. While this may be offensive to us, it is not punisable by discharge, Please remember the fish stinks from the head down! Most non-coms and officers are very tolerent of this anti-semetic behaviour. By the end of my service I was a Sargent and still subject to crude remarks but to a lesser extent. BTW I did not enlist, I was drafted and since my military specialty was critical my 2 year draft was extended.