While most of us are aware that today is Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), the Israeli holiday that commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, most are unaware that another memorial holiday is also celebrated throughout Israel today: Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews Who Died on the Way to Israel. TheContinue Reading
By Robert Wilkes, Special to The Jewish Sound May 10, 1972. A sky swarming with Navy jets approaching the North Vietnamese coast at 15,000 feet. I’m the wingman on the right of the lead A-6. A division of F-4 Phantom fighters prepares to race forward and attack anti-aircraft sites. OtherContinue Reading
By Debra Rubin, JNS.org The Shabbat of Memorial Day weekend later this month will mark a first in American Jewish life: Three New York City congregations representing the three major U.S. Jewish movements will daven from the same prayer book. Produced by the Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) JewishContinue Reading
By Marilyn Corets, Special to the Jewish Sound Following the death of my mother, Roberta, on May 9, 2011, my father, Ellis Corets, started to dedicate his time to remembering American Jewish military members who never returned home from overseas combat. A Korean War veteran, now 82 years old, DadContinue Reading
