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Veteran generals address day school students
Ryan Torok
November 8, 2012
“Judaism, the Jewish religion and the history of the Jewish people are steeped in values,” said retired Lt. Gen. David Fridovich, who also served in the U.S. Army as a Green Beret. Addressing a crowd of elementary and middle school students from Sinai Akiba Academy and Brawerman Elementary School, Fridovich explained how Jewish values helped him succeed in the armed forces.
In Ohio, GOP pins Senate hopes on young Jewish Iraq vet
Jewish Journal
February 28, 2012
As the 2012 campaign heats up in Ohio, Republicans are pinning their hopes on a young Jewish military veteran to unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown. Josh Mandel, a 34-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran and the current state treasurer, has faced a number of challenges but he is doing well in the polls. A recent Rasmussen Reports poll showed Mandel only four points behind Brown — a favorite of organized labor and liberals — in a hypothetical match-up.
Appeals court orders review of war memorial cross
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2011
An appeals court ordered further proceedings on a Jewish veterans group\’s challenge to the display of a cross at a San Diego veterans\’ memorial, saying it was unconstitutional. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that the cross on Mount Soledad was a \”government endorsement of religion.\” The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, backed by a number of Jewish and civil liberties groups, filed the appeal a year ago after a U.S. district court ruled that the cross was not unconstitutional because it \”communicates the primarily non-religious messages of military service, death and sacrifice.\”
Americans fighters in Israel get overdue thank you
Tom Tugend
September 14, 2006
An exhibit commemorating the American and Canadian volunteers who had fought in Israel\’s War of Independence in 1947-1949 and manned the \”illegal\” Aliyah Bet ships carrying refugees to the Jewish state.
War Hero’s Medal Wait Finally Ends
Tom Tugend
September 15, 2005
Next Friday, as Tibor Rubin enters the White House, generals will stand at rigid attention. The president of the United States also will rise and then drape the Medal of Honor, the nation\’s highest award for gallantry in combat, around the neck of the 76-year-old Holocaust survivor and Korean War veteran.\n\nRubin and a legion of supporters have waited almost 55 years for this triumph of camaraderie and persistence over both bureaucratic lethargy and the prejudice endured by so many old-time Jewish GIs.
Rolls of Veterans Groups Dwindling
David Finnigan
November 11, 2004
The paucity of Jews serving on front lines may explain the dwindling numbers of members belonging to Jewish war veteran organizations.
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