By PNC Robert Pickard, MD The Jewish War Veterans Legacy Program seeks to ensure the permanence of L’Dor V’Dor, from generation to generation. JWV has a long history of protecting veterans’ benefits, promoting community, ensuring our armed forces may serve free of bigotry and prejudice, and preserving the Jewish American military legacy. We need your […]
Member: Sheila Berg Post: Lehigh High Valley Post 239 Current Residence: Fogelsville, PA Military Service: February 1980-May 2014 Member Since Year: 2009 1.When and why did you serve in the military? I enlisted in the Air Force Reserves because I wanted to serve my country. I turned down a Commission to enlist as a Jet […]
By PNC Paul D. Warner, LL.M., Ph.D. In June 2016, The Commission on Care issued a 292-page document containing eighteen recommendations for the improvement of the operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs system. The one which has most interested the Administration appears to be the use of private doctors. Last year Congress passed a […]
By COL Herb Rosenbleeth, USA (Ret) National Executive Director JWV National Executive Committee (NEC) members “stormed the Hill” February 13th and 14th, and met with their Senators and Representatives to discuss our key legislative issues. Led by National Commander Dr. Barry J. Schneider, our leadership walked the halls of Congress wearing their JWV caps and […]
By Chaplain (COL) Larry Bazer After almost 30 years in the military, I’m still amazed with the surprise of people learning that I’m actually a soldier or more specifically—National Guardsman, and a rabbi! I even get, “You mean the Israeli Army, right?” “No, I’m in the US Military. I’m a United States Army officer and […]
By Harvey Weiner, JWV National Judge Advocate Jews, as a community, have always been willing to fight for this country, even prior to its official beginning. Over 360 years ago, when those first 23 Jews came in 1654 from Recife, Brazil, to settle in New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, they were not […]
The Jewish War Veterans of the USA (JWV) strongly condemns the comments and hate-filled language espoused by Alabama 5th District Representative Mo Brooks. On March 25th, 2019, Representative Brooks quoted Adolf Hitler to describe the attacks that President Trump faced from “socialist Democrats and their fake news media allies”. He then proceeded to continue with […]
The Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. (JWV) strongly condemns the anti-Semitic comments, tweets and hate-filled language espoused by Minnesota 5th District Representative Ilhan Omar. We’re angered by the attacks on Jewish elected leaders and organizations, and find that her comments are completely unacceptable for any person assigned to any committee, but most especially the […]
The Jewish War Veterans of the USA (JWV) is saddened by the comments recently made by Representative Ilhan Omar. Her viciously anti-Israel statements amount to nothing less than anti-Semitism. Further, JWV totally opposes having Rep. Omar on the House Foreign Relations Committee. JWV demands she be immediately removed from such a vital committee. Her disruptive […]
Post/Command: Post 158 Old Dominion of Tidewater (effectively Southeast Virginia) Current Residence: Norfolk, VA Military Service dates: 1999-2019 (from 1995-1999 I was enlisted in the reserves while attending college) Member since year: Oh, around about 2006’ish tried to work with the post in Jacksonville Florida, but nothing ever came of it. When and why did […]
