Gratitude
By COL Herb Rosenbleeth, USA (Ret.), National Executive Director As my retirement approaches, there are many people to thank. I have been blessed to know so many truly wonderful people! […]
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Entries by Iryna Apple
A Jewish Voice for Veterans and a Veteran’s Voice for Jews
By Colonel Nelson L. Mellitz, USAF, Retired The number of military members and veterans in the United States is made up of approximately 18 million men and women or 0.055% […]
Take Care Of Our Members
By PNC Dr. Barry J. Schneider I want to share with you an unfortunate situation concerning a fellow JWV member, Norm Wiener of Philadelphia. He lived alone in a Jewish […]
Circle of Heroes Scuba Dive
By Larry Jasper About 11 miles off the coast of Clearwater, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico sits 12, six-foot-high concrete depictions of our military. Each represents a different war, […]
Final Account
By Ben Kane “Final Account” begins with a quote from Holocaust survivor Primo Levi. The quote does an exceptional job of summarizing the message of the film. “Monsters exist, but […]
JWV Urges Biden Administration to Move Quickly on Afghan Translators
The Jewish War Veterans urges the Biden administration to quickly determine the fate of Afghan translators who worked for the United States. Although the administration has said it is working […]
JWV Calls for Disciplinary Action and Apology from Navy Chaplain
The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America (JWV) demands immediate disciplinary action against Lt. Aristotle Rivera, who currently serves as a Navy Chaplain at Camp Lejeune. Lt. […]
Support for Global War on Terrorism Memorial
The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America has signed on as a supporter of the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation. We have written an open letter […]
JWV Members Should Get a COVID-19 Vaccine
By Cara Rinkoff At the time this edition of The Jewish Veteran went to press, more than 500,000 people had died from the coronavirus. So far, there are vaccines from […]
A Jewish Soldier’s Latin Cross Headstone Replaced with Star of David
By Larry Jasper During the opening days of World War II in the Pacific Theater, on December 29, 1941, the Japanese lay siege to Corregidor Island in the Philippines. The […]
