Washington – U.S. Solider Starts Religious Freedom Group, After Claims Of Anti-Semitism.

Washington – In the U.S. military today, if you wanna get ahead, well, you’re promoted by who you pray with,” Mikey Weinstein said.

You’d be hard pressed to find a family more dedicated to military service: Weinstein’s father was a distinguished graduate from the Naval Academy’s class of 1953. He’s a graduate of the Air Force Academy, as are both his sons and his daughter-in-law.

But in 2005 his love affair with the military came to an abrupt halt, when his son Casey experienced virulant anti-Semitism at the academy.

As documented in the film “Constantine’s Sword,” Casey Weinstein said, “I never heard it in high school – if people knew I was Jewish, they never made any point, never got mentioned. But once I got to the academy, I became so aware of it, that I was different.”

The Pentagon investigated, and said mistakes were made, admitting to “incidents where some superior officers and some cadets were engaged in inappropriate religious behavior.”

Suspecting this was but the tip of the iceberg, Weinstein started the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and got a torrent of calls.

“We just recently went over 7,500 members: active duty members of the U.S. Marine Corps, Navy, Army and Air Force, Reserve and Guard, and vets, both officers and enlisted, who have come to us, you know, begging for help.” [cbsnews]