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Jewelry

Art Glass Jewelry - dichroic glass

The National Museum of American Jewish Military History is pleased to announce new items in our museum in-house and online store! Very often, when I am out and about showing my knitted ensembles at craft fairs I come across artists who I am particularly drawn to because of their use of color, texture and unusual uses of both aspects. I saw Jamie Again's dichron glass pieces a few weeks ago and noticed she had Star of David pendants and I was drawn to the fact that they changed hue depending on what colors they were around. I loved them. The museum is now one of her clients and with every sale, she is offering a donation to the museum! Pendants w/chain and box.

"I have been creating hand crafted artworks since 1975. Starting with hand dyed and painted textiles, my love of color has driven me to explore a variety of media. For the last several years I have been working with glass. "I have...always longed to 'paint with glass' I find the interplay of light and color in fusing glass almost hypnotic." My work has always been color driven. The question I ask myself is how these colors will translate into silk, cotton, wool, paper, beads, glass, plastic, or metal. I came to glasswork after experimenting with paper arts and knew that this was a medium I needed to explore in greater depth. Although my "jewels" are crafted by me, people often mistake them for natural stones. I enjoy working with glass and seeing the luminous quality it displays. I do not make representational art, but am often told my work conveys the essence of various things in the natural world. Often the object emerges under my hands as I work at the saw. I truly enjoy this process of discovery. Humans have always been driven to make and surround themselves with art no matter what their circumstances." -- Jamie Agins, www.jaginsartglass.com

Stationery

A Celebration of Israel -5 Note cards from original watercolors by Maryland artist Michael F. Shibley

Early interests in sketching, drawing and photography led Michael to begin developing his watercolor painting skills. He likes to capture light and shadow and the flow of transparent colors in his work that focuses on the landscape, gardens, collections of interesting shapes and colors, and architectural elements in the landscape. Michael is also a plein-air painting enthusiast. Website: mfs-art@comcast.net; www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Shibley/118037750417

Books

In the Sands of Sinai : A Physicians Account of the Yom Kippur War.

Author and professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Georgetown University, Dr. Itzhak Brook MD MSc, is a retired US Navy officer who served for 27 years. Prior to coming to the USA (in 1974) he served in the Israeli Army and participated in the Yom Kippur War. The book describes his personal experiences, struggles, fears and challenges as he cared for his soldiers' physical and emotional needs. In his perspective, it was a war that shaped his own life, and Israel's fragile identity. A portion of the book sales will benefit museum programs.

Kiss Every Step - Doris (Szpringer) Martin with Ralph S. Martin.

Concentration camp survivor and author Doris (Szpringer) Martin and husband Ralph Martin ("My Angel"). "The German army swept into Poland on September 1, 1939, and into my home of Bendzin. The Nazis burned down our beautiful synagogue with some 200 Jews inside. Most families were wiped out by the Holocaust. My family was an ordinary middle-class Jewish family, but through many incredible strokes of luck, or miracles, all seven of us survived. For an entire Jewish family in Poland to survive the Holocaust is amazing - likely unique. What is more remarkable is how we survived.."

A Jewish Colonel in the Civil War - Marcus M. Spiegel of the Ohio Volunteers - Edited by Jean Soman & Frank L. Byrne.

Book contains the Civil War letters of Marcus M. Spiegel, great-grandfather of Jean Powers Soman. "The more source material we have on this conflict the more we will be able to evaluate what really happened during those four eventful years. It is a tribute to the United States that a German immigrant was able to rise to the command of a regiment in a little more than a decade after his arrival on these shores..."

U.S.S. Cyclops - Marvin W. Barrash

Barrash takes on the subject of a U.S. Navy collier, a ship of great importance in Naval logistics. It is an in-depth study of the collier which disappeared mysteriously with all 306 crew members after sailing from Barbados, West Indies, sometime after Mach 1918.

Then A Soldier - Richard G. Kurtz.

Portrays the social and cultural pressures that led a Jewish boy from the Bronx of the early 1960s to become a career army officer and, when his country was at war, to seek out combat assignment. It is the story of a young man setting out to prove that Jews could be good soldiers as he simultaneously embarks on an uncommon assimilation strategy to enter the WASP establishment.

Quiet Americans - Erika Dreifus

In these stories which were inspired by her paternal grandparents, German Jews who immigrated to the United States in the late 1930's, characters and conflicts emerge that reframe familiar questions about what is right and wrong, remembered and repressed, resolved and unending.

The Invention of the Jewish Gaucho: Villa Clara and the Construction of Argentine Identity by Judith Noemi Freidenberg

By the Mid-twentieth century, Eastern European Jews had become one of Argentina's largest minorities. Some represented a wave of immigration begun two generations before; many settled in the province of Entre Rios and founded an agricultural colony. Taking its title from the resulting hybrid of acculturation, the book examines the lives of these settlers, who represented a merger between native cowboy identities and homeland memories.

Goldfish - Silver Boot: The Story of a World War II Prisoner of War by Harvey S. Horn

Story is about 36 days that changed the authors life. It is a story of a Jewish boy from Brooklyn who dreamt of flying and enlisted in the Army Air Corps to fight for his country. It is about survival. It is the story that all POWs keep replaying over and over. Could I have done more? Could I have done better? Did I perform as trained? Each day was a harrowing experience.

The National Museum of American Jewish Military History is now offering books for sale! JWV member Frank Cohn of Post 153 has sponsored these books for our museum store, in memory of Howard "Howie" Rosedietcher, NYC, "who Gave All for his country in Vietnam". Thank you Mr. Cohn! Each book is $25.00

The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land by Donna Rosenthal

Israel is smaller than New Jersey, with 0.11% of the world's population, yet captures a lion's share of headlines. From battlefields to bedrooms to boardrooms, discover the colliding worlds in which an astounding mix of 7.2 million devoutly traditional and radically modern people live. You'll meet "Arab Jews" who fled Islamic countries, dreadlock-wearing Ethiopian immigrants who sing reggae in Hebrew, Christians in Nazareth who publish an Arabic-style Cosmo, young Israeli Muslims who know more about Judaism than most Jews of the Diaspora, ultra-Orthodox Jews on "Modesty Patrols," and more.

For more information about the book and author check out the website http://books.google.com/books?id=b-w6GfokajcC&printsec=frontcover and read a preview.

Footsteps of David: Common Roots, Uncommon Valor by Howard J. Leavitt

This book acquaints the reader with dozens of stories of Jewish-American heroes, their role, service, and sacrifice in the military. Some of the participants are well known; most are obscure, unnoticed, and unpublicized. Other than their own circle of friends and family, few know of their heroic and unselfish service. Footsteps of David brings light to the often overlooked contributions of Jews to the American military.

Semper Chai: Marines of Blue and White (and Red) by Howard J. Leavitt

A "did you know.." book of interesting and exciting stories of Jews in the U.S. Marine Corps. Includes information on the first Jewish Marine Lieutenant General, the Jewish chaplain who delivered the most famous sermon of World War II, and the officer who was a flyer in three of our armed forces, along with many other exciting stories of Jewish Marines.

Tales of Valor: Rebirth of Latter-Day Heroes in the Image of Biblical Paladins by Howard J. Leavitt

This book continues to inform the reader with additional stories and newsworthy tidbits that helped shape the American military such as: What officer was responsible for the eradication of flogging in the U.S. Navy? Who was the most decorated living U.S. Army veteran? Who was the Jewish chaplain who gave his life aboard the USS Dorchester to save American soldiers?

OZ: Chronicles of Courage by Howard J. Leavitt

OZ: Chronicles of Courage is Leavitt's fourth book informing the public of the Jewish contribution to the defense of our country. Many of those featured have received decorations for service and courage. A number have not. But all of them have been brave, courageous and dedicated. They have volunteered to serve their country, and most placed themselves in harm's way. And a number of the participants in today's War on Terror are highlighted.

Catalogs

The following pages feature descriptions of National Museum supplies which you may conveniently order online. By ordering these supplies you support the worthy programs and endeavors of the National Museum of American Jewish Military History.

Hall of Heroes

Highlights the history of the Jewish Medal of Honor Recipients and other Distinguished Jewish Heroes.

Women in the Military: A Jewish Perspective

The exhibit, Women in the Military: A Jewish Perspective, profiles Jewish female veterans of U.S. conflicts from the Civil War to the Gulf War, and through their stories, brings to the forefront the vital role women have played to contribute to America's war efforts throughout our history.

An American, A Sailor, and A Jew: The Life and Career of Commodore Uriah P. Levy, USN (1792-1862)

Describes the military career and personal life of this nineteenth century naval hero who was instrumental in abolishing corporal punishment in the U.S. Navy and who saved and opened Jefferson's home, Monticello, to the public.

GIs Remember: Liberating the Concentration Camps

Jewish soldiers who were personally involved in liberating concentration camps recount their experiences through personal testimony and photographs.

Videos

Battle At the Overland Trail: One Night of Combat on Guadalcanal. - Author Jason Abady.

Dedicated to the Marines of the K-3-1 who saw action at Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu and Okinawa. They fought on the sands of many shores and saw the fire of many battlefields."
$10.00

An American, A Sailor and a Jew: The life and Career of Uriah P. Levy. USN (1792-1862)

View the in-house exhibit and hear the curators tell the story
$10.00 ($8.50 for members)

A Place to Remember

An early "picture" of the museum and its first exhibits
$10.00 ($8.50 for members)