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…
In Honor of Veterans Day 2012
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
The need to document those in our communities is a longstanding tradition in Judaism. Beginning in Biblical times there was the half-shekel annual accounting of all Jews where “the rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less” (Exodus 30:15).
In…
