Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
From the Queens Tribune online. QCC Holocaust Center Honors Jewish GI Vets By MICHAEL CUSENZA Two Queens elected officials earlier this week honored Jewish War Veterans of World War II at Queensborough Community College. After helping to break ground on the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, State Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose) and City Councilman Hiram Monserrate […]
Read moreFrom the The Daily Times of Delmarva. Del.’s Jewish veterans cap off project After years of planning, war memorial to honor those who served – and died – will be unveiled By ROBIN BROWN, The News Journal A garrison cap, such as those worn by veterans, will be the dramatic centerpiece of a new display that soon will honor Delaware’s […]
Read moreMemorial Day this year was especially somber, as it should be. A new generation of names is sadly being added to the roll call on a daily basis. The reminders that liberty comes at a cost are stark and uncompromising, and all too frequent thanks to the war on terror. I had the honor of riding a float with American […]
Read moreSwampscott Officer Ready for Deployment to Baghdad Bette Keva Jewish Journal Staff Lately, when Michael Finer walks to KFC in Vinnin Square for lunch, just a few yards from his firm, he’s thinking about the marching he’ll be doing with a weighted down rucksack on his back while wearing heavy boots and dodging suicide bombers in the besieged city of […]
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Two National Guard divisions, the 42nd and the 45th, liberated Dachau in April of 1945. LTG H. Steven Blum, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited the Dachau Camp Memorial as he headed to a trip through Germany and the Balkans supporting the State Partnership Program. It’s the Chief’s belief that the State Partnership Program can help fulfill […]
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When forty people show up at your Passover Seder (literally Order), it is anything but orderly. But it is a blessing – especially when you are fighting a war in Iraq where duty schedules are heavy and Jews are not only scarce but also scattered across what we in the military dub the ITO – or Iraqi Theater of Operations. […]
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Don’t forget, May 2007 is Jewish American Heritage month. It’s a good time to reflect on the contributions of Jewish American soldiers both in and out uniform or sadly, those who exist in righteous memory. Here are some links: The official Jewish American Heritage Month Website The National Museum of American Jewish Military History. Unlike the pamphlet joke from the […]
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