US-born soldier tried for eating pork

IDF reduces 11-day sentence to denial of weekend furlough; lone soldier says he was unaware of the army’s kashrut laws

An IDF soldier and recent immigrant from the United States was recently sentenced to 11 days in a military jail for eating a pork sandwich during military training.

The soldier was given the sandwiches by his grandmother, who he lives with on a kibbutz. He reportedly also offered some of them to his friends.

When his battalion commander learned that the sandwiches were not kosher, he was called in for a disciplinary hearing, promptly tried and sentenced to jail.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-born-soldier-sentenced-to-jail-for-eating-nonkosher-sandwich/