Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
My wife might be the one who reads all the “entertainment news” in our family, but I did come across this tidbit the other day: Aaron Spelling, of Love Boat, Dynasty, Fantasy Island, and Melrose Place fame, passed away last week at the age of 83. While many of you might have known he was Jewish (We do control Hollywood, […]
Read moreDeerfield Beach residents recently gathered to honor Jewish service members who fought in WWII. The simple, but heartfelt ceremony was covered by the Sun-Sentinel: Abraham Rutman, 82, of Deerfield Beach, is among them. He served as a U.S. Army combat medic in World War II. He was itching for a fight and didn’t wait for a draft. “I’m Jewish,” he […]
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The deputy director of the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, Rabbi Nathan Landman, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion at the annual convention of the Reform movement’s Central Conference of American Rabbis, in San Diego this week. Landman’s active-duty career began in 1956 in the US Air Force. After retiring in 1981, he […]
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Army Colonel (and fellow member of the tribe) Holly Doyne has written a book entitled Kuwait Diary. The book provides a rare look into the real lives of the women and men in combat service support, those who were performing the myriad of tasks to keep goods and services flowing north. Through the daily emails she sent to family, colleagues […]
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The Jewish War Veterans of the USA, has a program to sponsor a Yahrzeit for any fallen Jewish comrade who has died in Iraq or Afghanistan. In order to facilitate this process they need the permission of the surviving family. If you or anyone you know can provide the contact information of surviving families of, Army SGT Michael B. Shackelford […]
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Aish.com has an interesting excerpt on their website from Shaindy Perl’s Loyal Soldier. The book is about Army Captain Hank (Zvi) Webb’s experience in Vietnam, and how he “began serving his true Commander-in-Chief”. From the Aish article: Generally, the men on base were given the day off on Sunday. They would go out to a nearby beach, grill hamburgers and […]
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By Dr. Alex Grobman, author of Rekindling the Flame: American Jewish Chaplains and the Survivors of European Jewry, 1944-1948. Many Holocaust commemorators honor American soldiers who participated in the liberation of a concentration or slave labor camp. They often overlook the American Jewish chaplains who played a critical role in helping the Jewish Displaced Persons (DPs) in the American Zones […]
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