Tag: Jewish Soldiers
Netflix short film, ‘Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis,’ leaves viewers cringing
It was basically the complete opposite of what they expected.
A group of German Jews who fled Hitler and Nazi Germany, and who signed up to be American soldiers, wanted to exact revenge. Instead, they...
Recognizing a righteous sacrifice
While the Holocaust is often associated with Jewish victimhood, Yom Hashoah v’Hagvura also highlights the bravery and sacrifices the Jewish people made during this devastating time in history. One such example is the Warsaw Ghetto...
Jerusalem hosts cornerstone ceremony for monument to heroes of Leningrad Seige
The cornerstone of a monument commemorating the World War II Siege of Leningrad was laid in a ceremony in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
The Memorial Candle Monument is dedicated to the estimated 600,000 to 1.5 million...
German military to include rabbis, offering pastoral care for Jewish soldiers
Germany’s military will consist of rabbis for the first time in nearly a century, making its pastoral services available for the some 300 Jews serving in the Bundeswehr.
The country’s Jewish Council will initially offer...
Remains of Jewish Korean War veteran come home
Nearly 70 years after dying during the Korean War, the remains of Army Cpl. Morris Meshulam arrived last Friday and were buried the following day in his home state of Indiana.
The U.S. military used...
New monument to Soviet Jewish WWII soldiers in Colma
In May 2016, books containing the names of more than 100,000 Jewish soldiers who died serving in the Soviet armed forces during World War II were given a Jewish burial at Hills of Eternity Memorial Park...