GENE FAX

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World War I and American Jews

May 6, 2018 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

I will speak on the effects of World War I on the American Jewish community.  Beginning with the mass influx of Jews in the late 1800s through their service as soldiers in France and their experiences after the war, he will describe the Jews’ transformation from “immigrants” to “Americans” in their own eyes and those of their non-Jewish neighbors.  He will also discuss how American institutions came to dominate the Jewish world after the war.  This event is not open to the public.

Details

Date:
May 6, 2018
Time:
10:30 am - 1:00 pm

Organizer

AMITChildren New England Region
Phone
410-484-2223
Email
robbiep@AMITChildren.org
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Venue

Beit Sasson–The Sephardic Congregation of Newton
556 Ward Street
Newton, MA 02459 United States + Google Map
Author Gene Fax
Gene Fax

My grandfather fought in the 313th Infantry Regiment of the 79th Division. When my brother and I were young, he would regale us with old-soldier stories. Sometime in the 1980s I tried to get his war service record, only to find that most of the personnel files from World War I were destroyed in a fire in 1973. As a substitute I read a history of his regiment, which first made me aware of the assault on Montfaucon; I learned that Company G, my grandfather’s company, had been the first to gain the top of the hill. Digging further, I discovered that little had been written about that bloody and important engagement, save for one or two pages in general histories of the AEF and a few articles in old, obscure military journals.

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