Benefits of Membership
With a JWV membership, you can enjoy comradeship, and support in times of need. You will be able to attend annual meetings, educative seminars, stimulating workshops, entertainment, tours and banquets.
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Programs
Learn about ways we support veterans and their families across the country, ranging from volunteering hundreds of hours at the VA to partnering with local Boy and Girl Scout troops!
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Give
Honor Veterans and Service Members by giving a gift that keeps on giving- whether the gift of membership or helping a soldier go back to school. Donate today and help make a difference.
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JWV Supports Renaming U.S. Military Bases
NewsThe Jewish War Veterans of the USA (JWV) strongly supports renaming ten military bases which currently commemorate and celebrate Confederate generals. “The Jewish War Veterans of the USA, our nation’s oldest active veteran’s association, was founded in 1896 by Jewish Civil War veterans, who fought for the Union against the rebel forces led by these […]
JWV Believes in Equality
NewsThe Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America believes in equal opportunities, equal rights, and equal treatment for American citizens regardless of race. Black Americans are just that – Americans. They deserve to be cared about by the American people, listened to by the American government, fought for by the American […]
JWV Thanks VA for Starting Process to Remove Gravestones with Nazi Symbols
NewsJWV worked with officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs on a solution for the headstones of German prisoners of war that feature swastikas and mention the Fuhrer. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie has informed us that his department will begin the process of removing the offensive headstones and replacing them with appropriate markers. We thank Sec. […]
JWV Condemns Vandalism of WWII Memorial
NewsThe Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. (JWV) supports the right of everyone to participate in peaceful protests against the unjustified killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. However, the actions of a small minority of protestors has gone too far – especially when it comes to the desecration of a memorial dedicated to the valiant […]
JWV Working With VA to Address Swastikas on Gravestones
NewsThe Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. is working with the Department of Veterans Affairs to address the issue of Nazi symbols on three graves in military cemeteries. JWV wants the gravestones with swastikas and inscriptions that reference the Fuhrer removed from public view and replaced with new gravestones, but retained privately for historical purposes. […]