The American Veterans of
United States and Canadian Volunteers in
The
American Veterans of Israel, established in 1949, is a membership organization
designed to sustain association among North American men and women, Jews and
non-Jews, who served as volunteers during 1947-48 in the Haganah, Irgun Zvai
Leumi and Lohamei Eretz Yisrael and in units of the Israel Defense Forces. The
units in which they served included infantry, tanks, artillery, the navy and
air force. Members also served on the ships of Aliya Bet bringing displaced
persons to Palestine and then to
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The
National Office of the AVI is located at
American Veterans of
136 E. 39 Street
Officers and Executive Board
President
Arthur Bernstein
978 5326956
Vice President
Joseph Warner
416 497 0140
Executive Director
Simon Spiegelman
212 685 8548
Treasurer
David Gerard
631 499 4327
Regional Vice Presidents
Northeast: Ira Feinberg
201 886 1188
Southeast: Irving Meltzer
561 637 5874
West: Bailey Nieder
206 722 8197
773 935 0802
416 787 7632
World Machal: Zipporah Porath
VP/Directors
Newsletter, Internet and
Trustees
Committee: Samuel Z. Klausner
215 473 6034
Archives and Museum: Ralph Lowenstein
352 392 6525
Public Relations: Paul Kaye
718 428 2465
Speakers Bureau: Naomi Kantey
201 489 3809
Events and Activities: David Hanovice,
Bill Gelberg, Louis Laurie, Norman
Schutzman,
Lola Sprinzeles, Charles Weiss
Machal West Liaison
Max Barchichat
President, Machal West
818 982 2712
LINKS TO PAST ISSUES OF THE
AVI NEWSLETTER
NEWSLETTERS FROM 1999 AND 2000 ARE NO LONGER
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE. YOU MAY E-MAIL SKLAUSNER@UCWPHILLY.RR.COM TO
RECEIVE A .PDF FILE OF THESE ISSUES AS AN E-MAIL ATTACHMENT.
AVI Newsletter
January 1999
AVI Newsletter
January 1999 (without columns, easier to read format)
AVI Newsletter,
Spring (April) 1999
AVI Newsletter January
2000 (text only)
AVI Newsletter Spring
2000 (text)
AVI Newsletter Summer
2000 (selections, text only)
AVI Newsletter Fall 2000
(selections, text only)
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AVI Newsletter Winter
2001 (full text, no photos)
AVI Newsletter Spring 2001 (full text, no
photos)
AVI Newsletter
Spring 2001 PDF version with photos
AVI Newsletter Summer 2001
PDF Version with photos
AVI Newsletter Fall 2001
PDF Version
AVI Newsletter Winter 2002
PDF Version
AVI
Newsletter Spring 2002 PDF Version
AVI Newsletter Summer
2002 PDF Version
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converted to HTML and should come up with a page selector listed in a vertical
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the right to reveal it.
Note: Newsletter Fall 2002 is
pdf which has not been converted to html. It requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader
which may be downlaoded free from the Adobe Acrobat website. It is downloadable
and printable.
AVI Newsletter Winter 2003
PDF
AVI Newsletter Summer 2003
PDF
AVI Newsletter Index
1966-2003
Newsletters Referenced
in the Index
AVI Newsletter Summer 2004,
pages 1-7
AVI Newsletter Summer
2004, pages 8-24
AVI Newsletter Summer
2005
AVI Newsletter Winter
2006
OTHER LINKS
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and Archive of IDF Tank Corps
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Paul Silverstone's
page on aliya bet
Winona
Ondra's book Lonesome and Coping
