GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II
Buy it on DVD or watch it on Amazon Prime Year: 2017 Length: 87 minutes Country: Director: Lisa Ades Genre: |
Shown at
- 22nd Annual Jewish Film Festival of Dallas - 2018
- Atlanta Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Beth Tzedec Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Chicago Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival - 2019
- Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Hartford Jewish Film Festival - 2019
- Jewish Cinema Mississippi - 2019
- Miami Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Michiana Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Nashville Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Oklahoma Jewish Film Festival - 2019
- Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Vancouver Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Washington Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Westchester Jewish Film Festival - 2018
‘G.I. Jews’ Fought Bigotry At Home, As Well
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of American Jewish participation in the U.S. military during World War II is the number of men and women who served. Historian Elihu Rose estimates that “half of all Jewish men old enough” to serve in the various branches of the military did so. It is believed that more than 550,000 American Jews, including about 10,000 women, were part of the war effort, motivated not only out of patriotism but a commitment to save their fellow Jews overseas from being slaughtered.
http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/g-i-jews-fought-bigotry-at-home-as-well/