By PNC Dr. Robert Pickard Just before Rosh Hashanah this 5778 (2017) I was asked to be the representative of the Jewish War Veterans USA on a phone conference call from the White House. I accepted the honor. I was #23 of a small group of leaders of Jewish organizations from America. I was instructed […]
By Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, Post 212 From 1982-84, I was part of a three-man rabbi-priest-minister chaplain team assigned to Commander 6th Fleet on the USS Puget Sound, homeported in Gaeta, Italy. I visited all US ships in the Mediterranean in addition to frequent visits to the Marines in Beirut. On October 21, 1983, I was […]
By PNC Edwin Goldwasser This year, Veterans Day had special meaning for me inasmuch as my wife, Iris, is the President of our Jewish War Veterans National Ladies Auxiliary, and it brought back memories of my days as National Commander – where I attended official functions on behalf of JWV. The one problem we faced […]
By Anna Selman, Programs and Public Relations Coordinator Just as U.S. Military Forces were storming Saddam Hussein’s Intelligence Building in 2003, our soldiers stumbled upon a treasure trove of Jewish Iraqi artifacts that belonged to a 2,000 year old community. The sacred writings and belongings of the Iraqi Jewish Community were badly damaged through years […]
By Adam Lammon, Programs Assistant In the late spring, the United States and Israel signed an agreement to exchange cadets between the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and the University of Haifa, broadening a military relationship which has endured for more than six decades. As reported by The Jerusalem Post, the American cadets will spend […]
By Falk Kantor, Post 100 An Air Force chaplain has posted an article that contains several controversial remarks concerning service members and their obligations regarding their religion and the Constitution. Capt. Sonny Hernandez, an Air Force Reserve chaplain for the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, writing in BarbWire.com on September 12, 2017, […]
By Bam Rubinstein, Member of Post 757 On Sunday, 24 September, 2017, I had the opportunity to do a mitzvah, in the place of a different mitzvah. I joined a group of friends, and we went to an area that was devastated by Hurricane Harvey, to do “Tzedakah.” Allen has a huge smoke pit on […]
By Steven Troy, Adjutant of Post 212 JWV Scottsdale Post 210 celebrated their 2nd annual Sukkah party on Sunday, October 8th, hosted by Commander Rochel Hayman and her family. This year the invitation was extended to the members of the Department of the Southwest. The Department of Southwest is composed of 5 Posts covering Arizona […]
By Rabbi Joseph P. Schonberger Temple El Emeth members and friends were very pleased to honor 11 veterans at a brunch November 12. We were privileged to recognize veterans in attendance who served in WWII, Vietnam, Korea, Desert Storm, in other wars and conflicts in numerous roles. All attending were moved by the documentary “True Honor” […]
By Jerry Alperstein, Post 1 In 2006 shortly after Representative John Boehner became Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, he met with leaders from the major veterans service organizations. When a leader of the Jewish War Veterans introduced himself, Boehner said that he did not know there was a Jewish War Veterans. Most of […]
