{"id":216,"date":"2007-04-11T15:53:13","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T23:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=216"},"modified":"2007-12-09T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T18:21:05","slug":"naval-officer-erected-a-giant-menorah-in-saddam%e2%80%99s-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Naval officer erected a giant menorah in Saddam&#8217;s palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/viewarticle.asp?id=11564\">From Canadian Jewish News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>She&#8217;s a Jewish U.S. naval reserve officer, she keeps kosher and Shabbat, and she has completed two tours of duty in Iraq.  Lt. Laurie Zimmet of Los Angeles is not your typical former Jewish day school teacher. 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