Tax Time: Veterans Edition
By PNC Sheldon Ohren Tax time is here. While most attention has been paid to the federal tax overhaul, most provisions will not affect tax returns filed for 2017. There […]
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Entries by Iryna Apple
#MeToo – How Should The Military and JWV Respond?
By Jennifer Brande, Post 126 The #MeToo movement is the latest word in the American vernacular. With Hollywood, politics and everything in between being touched by the accusations and proven […]
We Need a Universal Draft
By PNC COL Carl A. Singer America needs a “Universal Service” where every young woman and man contributes to society via mandatory service. As witnessed within Israeli society, such service […]
Rosh HaShanah Phone Call With the President
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 […]
Remembering the Beirut Barracks Bombing
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, […]
National Leadership Celebrates Veterans Day
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 […]
Do We Need To Return Stolen Jewish Iraqi Artifacts?
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 […]
The Legacy of the American-Israeli Partnership
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 […]
Controversial Statements by Air Force Chaplain Sparks Review by Air Force Inspector General
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. […]
Doing a Mitzvah
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 […]
