Fifty-thousand Jews are serving in Britain’s armed forces – 8,000 of them in the Royal Air Force – it was disclosed today by British military authorities with publication of a pamphlet designed to combat anti-Semitism. Entitled “Are We United Nations,” the pamphlet, which is issued by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs, points out that the 50,000 Jews constitute 12% of the 40,000 Jews of Britain, including women and children.
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