Prize-winning journalist Bob Levey will be the featured speaker. Many readers will remember Levey's long-running and popular column of 23 years, published in The Washington Post. Levey will talk about "The Golden Era at The Washington Post," under the leadership of executive editor Ben Bradlee and publisher Katharine Graham. He will provide insights and recollections […]
Rabbi Sheldon Lewis speaks about Serving Jews in Wartime: Excerpts From a Chaplain's Memoir in Vietnam. The link to see Rabbi Lewis is https://tinyurl.com/y6frlfgk
Purpose of the club – Review books about American and other Jews who have made significant contributions to military history as well as books on Jewish military history. This book club is a project of the Jewish War Veterans Post 256 Patriotism Committee. February’s book: Jewish Resistance – Uprising Against the Nazis in WW2 by […]
The 125th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. and of its Post 1 is Monday, March 15. Post 1 is organizing a virtual ceremony on Zoom to honor the founding in 1896 of our national organization and of our first post. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81890247944?pwd=YUFvVVFWK1puM2J6dWJrUFZoK3VxUT09 Meeting ID: 818 9024 […]
Mr. Cornet, a native of Roselle, Illinois, having served in the U.S. Navy, is a service officer with the Illinois Dept. of Veterans Affairs. The mission of the IDVA mission is to empower veterans and their families to thrive by helping them find available Federal, State, and local resources and benefits, and partners with other […]
Purpose of the club – Review books about American and other Jews who have made significant contributions to military history as well as books on Jewish military history. This book club is a project of the Jewish War Veterans Post 256 Patriotism Committee. March’s book: The Brigade– by Howard Blum November 1944. The British government […]
This is a Zoom event. Please click on the link below to register and a zoom link will be sent to you. https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/8gCjldG?source_id=66054931-e48e-4244-9b6e-9d75a36b7f0a&source_type=em&c=WPpd5ujdclWgBa7alBnegtblUt6LS5kmdoFhHkL6PjH21HmZw5VEWg== As an admiral, Danelle served as Director of Current Operations at U.S. Cyber Command, and assumed duties in 2017 as the Director of Navy Cyber Security and Deputy Chief Information Officer on […]
Guest Speaker: LaShanta Petroski-Ackley, LICSW, Lowell Vet Center, MA Moderator: Jeffrey Blonder, Co-Chair JWV Post 9/11 Committee Bio: LaShanta Petroski-Ackley began working for the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2009 where she was a member of the Suicide Prevention team. Ms. Petrosky-Ackley became the Acting Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the Bedford VA Hospital in 2013, […]
You are respectfully requested to attend a "SONG & PRAYER" at Arlington National Cemetery direct from the Military Women's Memorial Stage Theater. In PERSON and ONLINE. (Zoomed) FOR: The 77th Observance of British General Orde *"hayedid" Wingate, April 18, 2021 2-3 PM. *("the friend" in Hebrew) Starring (in alphabetical order) Negro Spiritualist Ricky Butler, Military […]
