Friday, March 18, 2016
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
The graves of Jewish soldiers marked with the Star of David since September 18, 1919
"The graves of Jewish soldiers who died in France will be marked with the Mogen David, "Star of David," according to an announcement made yesterday by Colonel Harry Cutler, Chairman of the Jewish Welfare Board"...
Source: nytimes
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Notes:
1. Dear reader. if you are subscribe to the New York Times please send me the article
2. "1927, Star of David Markers
JWV [Jewish War Veterans] was successful in securing passage of legislation requiring the American Battlefield
Monument Commission to place Star of David Markers on the graves of Jewish soldiers
buried in war cemeteries in France. Heretofore, the markers were Christian crosses. A
decade later, JWV members were appointed to the commission".
Source:
Monday, March 07, 2016
The Star of David in an American Film about Problems of Prejudice
An adolescent girl in a small town tests her democratic heritage when she pretends to be Jewish and
encounters prejudice
Published 1958
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Anti-semitism
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