Barry Strassler reported in the March 24, 2002 edition of DeafDigest that a Gallaudet University publication ‘On the Green’ recently profiled Elad Rathe, an Israeli enrolled as a student at Gallaudet and a member of the men’s basketball team had served in the Israeli Army prior to enrolling at Gallaudet. “I am proud that in Israel they allow deaf people to serve in the Army,” Elad says. He was a mapper with the Army, responsible for drawing maps of areas around the country and marking locations.

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