JWV Member Honored by Atlanta Community
By Robert Max On Wednesday, December 6, Robert Max was honored as one of the nominees for the Cobb Collaborative Jack Vaughn Jr. Human Services Award. The Georgia Cobb Collaborative […]
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Entries by Iryna Apple
A Drive to Collect Medical Supplies for Israel
The Jewish War Veterans Post 652 participated in a drive to collect medical supplies and bandages to send to Israel. Combat medics in Israel are working tirelessly to treat the […]
Special Focus on Antisemitism – December 2023
By Ken Greenberg, National Executive Director JWV is in a unique position to have a special focus on antisemitism. JWV opposes all forms of discrimination and bigotry but is especially […]
Special Focus on Antisemitism – September 2023
By Ken Greenberg, National Executive Director JWV is in a unique position to have a special focus on antisemitism. JWV opposes all forms of discrimination and bigotry but is especially […]
The Jewish War Veterans Want You!
By Stuart Israel, Post 474 I recently became a life member of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. JWV is “a Jewish voice for veterans and […]
50th Anniversary of the Yom Kippur War
By Itzhak Brook The 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War occurred this year. The war was launched in 1973 in a surprise attack by Syria and Egypt on the […]
Raymond Elias
By Larry Jasper, National Editor Meet Raymond Elias, currently the Milwaukee, WI Post 701 Commander. When asked why he joined JWV, he says his son-in-law, Kim Queen (WI Department Commander […]
JWV Member and Holocaust Survivor Shared Story
By Allan Cantor, Post 256 Ralph Hockley, born Rudolph Martin Hockenheimer, was a Holocaust survivor and Post 256 Jewish War Veteran member. Hockley was born on October 17, 1925 into […]
First Experience Away from Jewish Community
By Rabbi Heather Borshof I grew up in central New Jersey, a county that had one of the largest Jewish populations in NJ. Public schools were closed for Rosh Hashanah, […]
The Psycho Boys – by Beverly Driver Eddy
By Sheldon Goldberg On the edge of the Gettysburg Battlefield was a former camp known as CCC Gettysburg 2. Initially housing an all-black Civilian Conservation Corps unit, the camp was […]
