Veterans

Israel Katz's populist push to pardon Elor Azaria puts Israel at serious risk - comment

Azaria was not convicted of mere "negligent homicide", but of manslaughter for his actions in 2016.

Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who was caught on video shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant in the head as he lay on the ground, sits during a hearing at a military appeals court in Tel Aviv during which he was charged with manslaughter on April 18, 2016.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026

Knesset votes to freeze arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders amid IDF manpower crisis

Combat veterans suffering from PTSD react during a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, July 9, 2026.

WATCH: ‘We’ve paid with our blood’: Veterans confront haredi lawmakers demanding support

Simcha Applebaum serving as deputy commander within the 188th Brigade.

Holocaust survivor, Yom Kippur War hero Colonel Simcha Applebaum dies at 99


Veterans Day: Jewish war heroes honored for battle that unified Jerusalem

Ammunition Hill welcomes thousands of visitors each year who come and learn about the significance and importance of the hilltop.

JNF-USA’s Ammunition Hill Wall of Honor acknowledges past and present individuals who served their country’s armed services.

Veterans flourishing in their senior years

“We have a great sense of gratitude to Hashem for the opportunity to live in Israel."

GRACE, 69 AND MICHAEL MILLER, 75 FROM PHILADELPHIA TO JERUSALEM, 2005

Ronald David Bayfield survived Normandy to die alone in a London hospital

Bayfield is survived by his wife and five grandchildren — one of whom, Miriam Berger, is a rabbi at Finchley Reform Synagogue and officiated at his funeral.

Hospital bed in Hadassah Ein Kerem

Struggling NY veterans' hospital asked to also help with coronavirus

"I don't know where the staff to cover all these patients is going to come from, and I don't think they know either."

Workers construct what is believed to be a makeshift morgue behind a hospital during the outbreak of coronavirus disease in New York City

Some 70,000 Valentines sent to 104-year-old in tribute to veterans

At the outset, the goal was a modest 100 cards - about one for every one of White's birthdays - but the response has outstripped all expectations.

Boxes containing thousands of Valentine’s Day cards sent to Major Bill White at his home in Stockton

Trump honors veteran who saved 200 Jewish American soldiers in POW camp

The president recounted Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds's heroic actions at the Veterans Day Parade in New York

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a Veterans Day Parade and Wreath Laying ceremony in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 11, 2019

Elizabeth Warren vows to halve veterans' suicide rate in four years

She said she would tackle the problem in her first term by investing in mental healthcare, research into the causes of military suicides and providing annual mental health checks for service members.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren

VETERANS: Proud progenitor

"Quietly, I asked myself, ‘Is this the right thing to do’? I made a decision to come, and there was no looking back,” Gorlin said.

RABBI DAVID Yoel Gorlin, his wife Maira, and their extended family in Israel.

Huge study explores genetics of PTSD

Suicide rates are higher among veterans suffering from PTSD, which is estimated to affect between 11% and 20% of those who served in the military.

An elderly woman suffers from PTSD. [illustrative]

He’s a Yankee Doodle Dandy

This July 4, we salute George Bader – one of the 550,000 American Jews who served in World War II.

SOLDIER GEORGE BADER, somewhere in France, September 25, 1944: ‘My thoughts are always with you, Love, George,’ he wrote.