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  • US Army discharges couple over Yom Kippur

    12/06/2003 1:55:41 PM PST · by yonif · 49 replies · 1,038+ views
    Jerusalem Post ^ | Dec. 6, 2003 | AP
    Refael and Margaret Chaiken were supposed to be seven months into a five-year army commitment by now, studying to be much-needed interrogators in the war on terrorism. Instead they are civilians looking for jobs. The two were discharged after disobeying orders by skipping class so they could attend services for Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. "Our religion itself says if you are saving somebody's life, you have to [cease the observance])," Refael Chaiken said. "No one can convince us not going to class, when you can make it up, falls under that category." The army calls...