Congress passes act replacing gravestone markers of Jewish service members with Star of David
The Fallen Service Members Religious Heritage Restoration Act would create a program to identify Jewish service members buried in foreign American military cemeteries under crosses.
AFTER 79 YEARS, 1st Lt. Nathan Baskind – a Jewish American soldier missing since D-Day – was identified in a German war grave and reburied, with full military honors and in accordance with the Halacha, at Normandy in 2024. (photo credit: Courtesy Operation Benjamin)ByMICHAEL STARRUpdated:
