The Ladies' Auxiliaries provided visitation and recreation programs for hospitalized soldiers. The JWV opened canteens, provided recreational programs for soldiers, and matched veterans with soldiers to provide them with correspondence and comfort packages. During WWII, the JWV developed a plan to aid the war effort through bond sales, donations to the government for the purchase of fighter planes, ambulances, and other equipment, and blood drives. According to an anniversary history published by the JWV, it led a world wide boycott movement against Hitler's government beginning in 1933. Not only did the organization exist to counter negative perceptions of Jews, but it also provided many service programs. Programs were instituted to promote inter faith relations, patriotism among school children, and "Americanization."
The organization's name changed in 1920 to Jewish Veterans of the Wars of the Republic and changed again sometime within the following decade to Jewish War Veterans of the United States.Ĭoncern for the perception of Jewish veterans as "slackers" led to various programs to combat anti-Semitism in general. It was founded by Civil War veterans in 1896 as the "Hebrew Union Veterans" to fight the perception that Jews had failed to shoulder their duty on either side of the Civil War.Ī second group of Jewish veterans, formed as a result of the Spanish American War, eventually merged with the first group, and subsequent wars provided new members. The Jewish War Veterans of the United States (JWV) is the second oldest veterans' organization in the country. Summary Information Repository Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Title Jewish War Veterans ID 0009.001.003a Date 1896-2012 Extent 4.5 Cubic feet Language English Biographical/Historical
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