Post: Martin Hochster Memorial 755 Military Service: Marine Corps Member Since: 2019 1.Why did you join the military? I wanted to see the world. My list of deployments include, two UDP’s (Unit Deployment Phase) to Okinawa including an exercise with Thailand’s marines and one with Australian service members. These were in 1997 and 1999. After […]
Post: 1LT Raymond Zussman Post 135 Current Residence: Bloomfield Hills, MI Military Service: US Army 1969-2004; Operation Desert Storm Member Since Year: 2011 1. What’s your military story? It’s a 35-year story beginning with my enlistment in the Army Reserves when I contracted as an Advanced Course ROTC Cadet in college in 1969. I was […]
The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America (JWV) is joining with others in The Military Coalition to call on Congress to protect the interests of service members in the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The JWV wants to ensure the NDAA includes among other items, a pay raise for members of […]
The Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. (JWV) is calling on Chancellor Timothy White of San Francisco State University to provide some answers about Facebook posts that violate California Education Code 89005.5. While JWV is pleased with President Mahoney’s efforts to create a welcoming campus climate for Jewish students, there are still images from AMED […]
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 Advocate since 2013. He previously served on the National Executive Committee, as Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Committee and as Vice President of the […]
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 national terrorism. For those injured, we pray for quick and complete recoveries. JWV urges Congress and local and state governments to take action, legislatively and administratively, to […]
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, no job, and no home to call his own. In March of this year, the JWV was made aware of his passing, and sought to […]
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 Civil Affairs Officer in Iraq (OIF 05-07) with 2-8 Infantry, 4th ID Member Since Year: 2003 1. What drove you to join the military? The […]
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 issues that the VA is focused on eliminating. Clearly, these issues are interrelated. We all know that despair and a sense of emptiness hastens the […]
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 JWV, is “to obtain the release of all prisoners, the fullest possible accounting for the missing and repatriation of all recoverable remains of those […]
