Jews in the military

A Military Seder on the Eve of the Liberation of Dachau

The story of Hilbert and Howard Margol.

Benjamin Mack-Johnson
April 15 2025 12:01AM

Two Jewish Soldiers, Killed in World War I, Finally Get Stars of David on Their Tombstones

Adolph Hanf and David Moser, of blessed memory.

Andrew Bernard and Menachem Wecker
April 10 2025 12:01AM

From German Jewish Refugee to Decorated Colonel in the U.S. Army

A veteran tells his story.

Frank Cohn
Nov. 11 2024 12:01AM

A Jewish Baseball Player Turned Undercover Operative

Moe Berg: catcher and spy.

Stuart Halpern
Nov. 11 2024 12:01AM

Haredim and the IDF: Learning a Lesson from the Tsars

Incentives, not just demands.

Brian Horowitz and Moshe Shafer
June 20 2024 12:01AM

An American Jewish Soldier Who Was Buried among Germans Has Been Finally Given a Proper Resting Place

Nathan Baskind.

Nathan Baskind.
June 5 2024 12:01AM

Graves of Jewish Soldiers from World War I Found in Gaza

A long-awaited kaddish.

Troy Fritzhand
Feb. 2 2024 12:01AM

Medieval Spain’s Great Jewish Poet, Philosopher, General, and Politician

Shmuel the Statesman and dark side of the Golden Age.

Tamar Marvin
Sept. 28 2023 12:01AM

A High Holiday Prayerbook Dedicated to an American Jewish Soldier in Dutch

David Meyer Wald, of blessed memory.

Daniel Lipson
Sept. 22 2023 12:01AM

What Being Jewish and Attending West Point Have in Common

Uncool and commanded.

Dara Horn
May 31 2023 12:01AM

Replacing the Crosses on the Gravestones of American Jews Who Died Fighting Fascism

Operation Benjamin.

Jamie Betesh Carter
May 30 2023 12:01AM

The Three Jewish Soldiers Serving the Roman Empire in Ancient Gaul

What their gravestones tell us.

Henry Abramson
March 27 2023 12:01AM

How Abraham Lincoln Was Convinced the U.S. Army Should Have Jewish Chaplains

The truth is stranger than the legend.

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Feb. 10 2023 12:01AM

For More Than a Century, Cinema Has Portrayed Jewish Soldiers as Cowardly, or Worse

A new BBC series is no exception.

Benjamin Vos
Dec. 2 2022 12:01AM
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