By Ella Jordan-Smith, Reference Services Librarian The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America In response to widespread antisemitic accusations that Jews had not fought in the Civil War, a group of Jewish Civil War veterans met in New York in 1896 to establish the Hebrew Union Veterans. The group eventually changed their name to the Jewish War Veterans (JWV) of the…
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History Recently when putting finishing touches on the After the War exhibit I was approached by someone who noticed this artifact in the exhibit: The pamphlet is very interesting and important because not only was it was published by the division commander but it is graphically illustrated and serves as an early…
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Today marks seventy years since the attack on Pearl Harbor, the event that hurled America into the Second World War. According to the Encyclopedia Judaica, Jews’ service to the United States armed forces started with militia duty during the Colonial era. “A considerable number of Jews volunteered for the colonialist armies,”…
