Jewish War Vets in Detroit Receive Monument

Jewish war vets receive monument BY GINA DAMRON FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER (Freep.com) In honoring Jewish military veterans with a stone monument at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Township, local vets were sending a message. Advertisement “Jewish people have served in every war this country has fought,” Gerald Order, 65, commander of the Department of Michigan Jewish War Veterans, […]

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Jewish Women of Hartford, CT during WWII

“Pride, Honor & Courage” New film focuses on Hartford-area Jewish women during World War II By Cindy Mindell (Jewish Ledger) Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 12:54 PM EDT Sarah Brody was serving with the Army Nurse Corps in Germany during World War II, when she was shot at a few minutes after this photo was taken. Brody is one of […]

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Onward, Jewish Soldiers

Jews in Green fave Alison Buckholtz scribed a great article for Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life. When my husband Scott shipped out to Baghdad last month, he left a lot behind; he knew he’d be weighed down with duffel bags full of body armor, combat gear, and new Army uniforms, so he put aside most of what he […]

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WWII Shabbat Service

From the NY Times Like many veterans, Max Fuchs did not talk much about what he did in the war. His children knew he landed at Omaha Beach. Sometimes, they were allowed to feel the shrapnel still lodged in his chest. And once, he had told them, he sang as the cantor in a Jewish prayer service on the battlefield. […]

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