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The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America

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…

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