By Peter Nickitas, JWV National Judge Advocate “It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Serve Your Country” describes the public service of the first Jewish-American Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Dr. David […]
By Marc Liebman As a young man, Aaron Bank, who was born in 1902, traveled extensively through Europe and became fluent in German and French. At the outbreak of World […]
By Lou Michaels The Department of Minnesota celebrated its 75th anniversary with a dinner at Mancini’s Steakhouse in St. Paul, Minnesota on Wednesday, October 28. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, […]
By Barbara Leap During the final throes of World War II, when May Brill was 20, she decided to follow her two brothers into the military. Her reasoning: “What about […]
By Herb Rosenbleeth National Executive Director One of my all-time heroes, Rep. Sam Johnson, passed away a few months ago (not related to the COVID-19 pandemic). I will always remember […]
By Chaplain Rabbi (CPT) David Becker, USARCENT Jewish Theater Chaplain On a recent trip in the skies over Iraq and Kuwait, I had the opportunity to become well acquainted with […]
The Jewish War Veterans of the USA, America’s oldest active veterans organization, sadly joins the numerous other veterans organizations in expressing its disappointment in the handling of the sexual harassment […]
Post: North County Post 385 Military Service: U.S. Navy Member Since: 1974 1. Where and when did you serve in the military? I enlisted in the Navy in my hometown […]
By M. B. Kanis The creation of cemeteries as a final location is as old as man-kind. The creation of Jewish Cemeteries is unique, as Jewish religious customs require that […]
By Cara Rinkoff More than 215 members, associate members, and patrons registered for JWV’s 125th annual convention, which also happened to be the first virtual convention for our organization. The […]
