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American transgender Navy veteran rabbi isn’t happy with Trump

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Published: 31 July 2017

Last updated: 5 March 2024

Rona Matlow is a Life Member of Jewish War Veterans of the USA (Times of Israel)
A staffer at a Jewish veterans group describes a conversation with Rona Matlow, formerly Jaron, who is ‘devastated and furious’ over the president’s service ban (July 29)
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