The Jewish War Veterans of the USA is delighted to announce that Harvey Weiner was elected National Commander at the 124th Annual National Convention in Richmond, Virginia. Harvey served as the National Judge […]
JWV strongly condemns the mass shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the victims of these horrific acts of white […]
By Ben Kane On August 19th, a Jewish war veteran named Neil Schaffer passed away in a Los Angeles hotel room. He had no known family, only a few friends, […]
Post: Col. Irving Heymont Post 299 Current Residence: Hedgesville, WV Military Service: West Point class of ’03 (Mickey Marcus award recipient from JWV), United States Army, Infantry Platoon Leader and […]
By Dr. Marsha Schjolberg, CAPT, MSC, USN (Retired) In the last issue of The Jewish Veteran, it was reported that suicide prevention and homelessness among veterans are the top two […]
By Herb Rosenbleeth The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia will be turning 50 next year. The League’s sole mission, fully supported for decades […]
By Harrison Heller HBO has a fairly new documentary series titled VICE. Each hour-long episode features 1 or 2 stories that do not get much coverage in the mainstream news. […]
What unbelievably frustrating times. On the one hand, we live in the freest country that has ever existed; despite its flaws. Flaws are not the surprise. After all, we are […]
By Jack Du Teil JWV’s Mission to Israel program is specifically designed to give non-Jewish veteran community leaders an opportunity to experience Israel first-hand so that they will see that […]
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie, met with PNC Norman Rosenshein at JWV Headquarters on Friday, June 14, and spoke about his views on serving veterans. Secretary Wilkie and PNC […]
