Word: mittelman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...army in the 1948 war of independence; half of Palmach's 400 members are Jewish, and most, for the record, insist that the target shooting is "strictly for sport." But one, an Auschwitz survivor, has his own reason. "Jews have to learn to shoot a gun," says Joseph Mittelman. "We didn't know the last time, and look where it got us." Even the organization's president, Sy Alper, admits that more than sport is involved for many. "Citizen patrol groups come to us all the time, or a local merchant who has had his store broken...