Support Our Soldiers

Past Events


Please attend our 65th annual Membership Breakfast on October 23, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Suffern. This year we are honoring Phil Tisi, Chairman of the Suffern High School Social Studies Department, Assistant to the Supervisor in the Town of Ramapo, and longtime supporter of our Fred Hecht Post and the Rockland-Orange District of the Jewish War Veterans. Click on the image for a larger, printable version, or call Post Commander Al Zeilberger at 845-352-4985 or Quartermaster Shelly Ohren at 845-354-8789 for further information.





Please attend our 9th annual “Salute to our Troops” Concert on May 22, 2011 at the Suffern High School. Click on the image for a larger, printable version, or call 845-357-2990 for further information.


Fourth Annual Salute to Our Veterans Concert, November 21, 2010


The Rockland-Orange District of the Jewish War Veterans is proud to announce our 4th Annual Salute to Our Veterans free concert, on Sunday, November 21st, 2010, at 1:45pm at the Spring Valley High School. The concert will feature The Jazz Knights from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Aaron Kramer, Past Post Commander of the PFC Fred Hecht Post.

To obtain your free tickets to this concert, you may visit the Ramapo Town Hall Supervisors Office at 237 Route 59, Suffern, NY. Or click on the image at the left to print out and mail in a ticket request.


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

PFC FRED HECHT POST #425, LARGEST JWV POST IN NY STATE,
ANNOUNCES THAT ITS 64TH ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST
WILL BE A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE SENATOR THOMAS P. MORAHAN.
THE PUBLIC IS ALSO INVITED TO ATTEND.
CLICK ON THE BROCHURE BELOW FOR A PRINTABLE VERSION.

[Membership Breakfast]


Eighth Annual “SALUTE TO THE TROOPS” Concert, May 30, 2010

Free admission to all members of the Armed Forces.

[SALUTE TO THE TROOPS Concert]

The Eighth Annual JWV "SALUTE TO THE TROOPS" Concert was held on Sunday afternoon, May 30, 2010 to raise additional funds to ship more GI- Hygiene/Travel Kits to our soldiers. These Kits, which contain 17 personal toilet articles and a deck of playing cards, are also given to our "Wounded Warriors" who receive them in U.S. Military Hopitals in the USA and Germany. They have proven to be a very popular and most desirable gift.

Once again, the Town of Ramapo, with Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence and The Town Council, partnered with the Jewish War Veterans to co-host this event. This Memorial Concert was helped by The Suffern High School, and our annual benevolent sponsors, namely: The Orange and Rockland Uilities, The Provident Bank, The Tri-State Media Penny Saver, The Journal News and The Rockland County Legislature. A Buffet Luncheon will again be served to our Hospitalized Veterans at the Outback Steakhouse in Suffern, NY.


Seventh Annual “SALUTE TO THE TROOPS” Concert, May 17, 2009

Free admission to all members of the Armed Forces.

[SALUTE TO THE TROOPS Concert]

The Seventh Annual JWV "SALUTE TO THE TROOPS" Concert was held on Sunday afternoon, May 17, 2009 to raise additional funds to ship more GI- Hygiene Kits to our Armed Forces including our wounded soldiers. These Kits, which contain 17 personal toilet articles and a deck of playing cards, are given to our "Wounded Warriors" who receive them in U.S. Military Hopitals in the USA and Germany. They have proven to be a very popular and most desirable gift.

Once again, the Town of Ramapo, with Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence and The Town Council, partnered with the Jewish War Veterans to co-host this event. This Memorial Concert was helped by Suffern High School and our annual benevolent sponsors, namely: Orange and Rockland Uilities, The Provident Bank, The Tri-State Media Penny Saver, The Journal News and The Rockland County Legislature. A buffet Luncheon was again served to our Hospitalized Veterans at the Outback Steakhouse in Suffern, NY prior to the Memorial Day concert.


“SALUTE TO THE VETERANS” Concert, November 23, 2008

[SALUTE TO THE VETERANS Concert]

The PFC. FRED HECHT POST #425 of the JEWISH WAR VETERANS and the TOWN OF RAMAPO co-hosted the widely acclaimed U.S. Military Academy Band from West Point who entertained at our free annual JWV “SALUTE TO THE VETERANS” Concert. The festivities were held on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. at the 1212 seat Suffern High School auditorium on Viola Road, Suffern, N.Y. Prior to the concert, hospitalized veterans were again guests of the Outback Steakhouse for lunch.


Fifth Annual “SUPPORT THE TROOPS” Concert, May 25, 2008

The Fifth Annual JWV "SUPPORT THE TROOPS" Concert was held on Sunday afternoon, May 25th to raise additional funds to ship more GI Travel Kits to our soldiers. These Kits, which contain 17 personal toilet articles and a deck of playing cards, are given to the soldiers the day before they are deployed from their embarkation point. They have proven to be a very popular and most desirable gift.

Once again, the Town of Ramapo, with Supervisor Christopher P. St Lawrence and the Town Council, partnered with our Rockland-Orange District of the Jewish War Veterans to co-host this "SALUTE TO OUR ARMED FORCES". More details are listed on the flyers below.

[Salute to our Armed Forces Concert] [Salute to our Armed Forces Concert]

This fifth concert was helped financially by the Rockland Community College Theater, the Key Bank, and our annual benevolent sponsors, namely: the TD Bank North, Orange and Rockland Utilities, The Provident Bank, and the Rockland County Legislature.

Concert and Memorial Service, 3 June 2007

[concert flyer] After a short Memorial Service on June 3rd at the Lafayette Theater, an enthusiastic audience of over 650 persons enjoyed listening to “Our Salute To The Armed Forces” concert featuring Joe Battaglia’s N.Y. Big Band. This was the fourth annual concert presented jointly by the R/O District of the Jewish War Veterans and the Town of Ramapo to “SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.”

This effort was helped financially by the Lafayette Theater, the Provident Bank, TD North Bank, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Union State Bank and the Rockland County Legislature and ticket sales. All funds raised by JWV were directed entirely to our outstanding Gift-Pak program. A free luncheon was hosted by Outback Steakhouse for our hopitalized veterans who also were our guests at the concert.

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Bill Farber
Rockland-Orange District Chairman
845-357-2990

Rockland-Orange District Council
JEWISH WAR VETERANS of the U.S.A.
PO Box 38
New City, NY 10956-2914