Fort Campbell investigates termination of Jewish lay leader

Curt Mize and his son, Lawrence Mize, attend a Friday evening Shabbat service at Fort Campbell. (Photo: The Tennessean/provided by Jeanette Mize)
Curt Mize and his son, Lawrence Mize, attend a Friday evening Shabbat service at Fort Campbell. (Photo: The Tennessean/provided by Jeanette Mize)

A Clarksville, Tenn., woman who has provided holy day and weekly Jewish services at Fort Campbell for years says 101st Airborne Division chaplains terminated her from that volunteer role without explanation.

Jeanette Mize, the Jewish lay leader at the post, said her dismissal in March has effectively stopped the longstanding Friday evening Shabbat services at Fort Campbell. She thinks it is indicative of a larger problem among the division's top chaplains, and she reached out to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation for help.

"I really feel like there is religious persecution for the Jewish soldiers and their families at Fort Campbell," Mize said.

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