AJC Mourns Passing of Indian General, Jewish Leader Jack Jacob
AJC mourns the passing in New Delhi today of the Indian soldier and statesman Lt. Gen. (ret.) J.F.R. Jacob, 92, for decades the most prominent member of his country’s Jewish community, whose remarkable life included service in World War II in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and command of India’s Eastern Army during the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971.