Posts Tagged: Jewish Veterans
More Americans Should Take a Lesson From Israel and Find True Purpose on Memorial Day
As we prepare to mark Memorial Day, many Americans are looking forward to barbecues and sales. “To Americans, Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial beginning...
Letters From a Jewish World War Two Veteran
“Love and Kisses, Charlie: WWII Letters from a Jewish-American Serviceman,” by Joshua Gerstein (2022). Charles L. Fletcher was drafted just shy of his 20th birthday...
The Murder of American Jewish Soldiers
Approximately 600,000 Jews served in the United States armed forces in World War II. More than 35,000 were killed, wounded, captured, or missing. Approximately 8,000...
Honoring the Common Bond of Military Service
On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month -- the guns fell silent on the Western Front. On Veterans Day, we honor...
Evading Hitler and Winning the Silver Star: A Jewish Veteran’s Day Story
Bronx native Harry Zeller was headed to medical school in Vienna in 1933, because he couldn’t get into one in America. Being Jewish was an...
Fallen Jewish Service Members, From Civil War to Iraq, Honored on Memorial Day Weekend
Leading global Jewish organizations and Jewish veterans on Memorial Day honored the soldiers who have fallen while serving in the United States armed forces. “Among them...
America and the ‘GI Jews’
Prior to the 1960s, many Americans shared the belief that military conscription benefited young men and uplifted certain groups. World War II cemented this optimistic...
Jewish Groups in North America and UK Commemorate Veterans Day
As Veterans Day was marked on Wednesday, Jewish organizations in North America and the United Kingdom honored service members, Jewish and non-Jewish, who fought throughout...
Jewish Veterans Face Aging and COVID as They Faced Wartime
JNS.org - When they were young, some stormed the beaches, taking the fight to the enemy; some liberated Nazi concentration camps in Western Europe and forever...
The Greatest Jewish Generation
JNS.org - The Greatest Generation, that milestone generation which saved the world in World War II, is rapidly dwindling right before our eyes. The death...
A Military Affair: Memorial Day Reflections from a Combat Vet-Turned-Jewish Leader
JNS.org - During a recent interview, fittingly slated between Memorial Days for fallen soldiers in Israel and America, Jeff Kuhnreich reflected on the events leading up to...
US Veterans in Israel: Memorial Day Profiles in Courage and Healing
JNS.org - According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, approximately 20 veterans commit suicide across the US each day. But an organization providing spiritual healing, suicide prevention...
Veterans Affairs Is New Frontier in the US-Israel Military Relationship
JNS.org - While US-Israeli military ties have long focused on foreign aid packages, intelligence-sharing and jointly developed missile defense technology, veterans affairs could become a major new...
On Veterans Day, American Immigrants Reflect on New Lives in Israel
JNS.org - For two American Jews who immigrated to Israel last summer, their first Veterans Day in the Jewish state presents an opportunity to reflect on how...
