The American Veterans of Israel

United States and Canadian Volunteers in Israel's War of Independence

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 Israel. In these they joined members of the Yishuv and volunteers from other countries including the Soviet Union, Sweden, England, South Africa and France, among others.
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The National Office of the AVI is located at 136 E. 39^th Street, New York, NY 10018. Contact: spiegelsi@aol.com. The AVI Newsletter is published four times a year and circulated to the membership. The current officers are as follows:

American Veterans of Israel
136 E. 39 Street
New York, NY 10016-0914

Officers and Executive Board

President

Arthur Bernstein

978 5326956

Vice President

Joseph Warner

416 497 0140

Executive Director

Simon Spiegelman

212 685 8548

spiegelsi@aol.com

Treasurer

David Gerard

631 499 4327

dgerard007@optonline.net

Regional Vice Presidents

Northeast: Ira Feinberg

201 886 1188

Southeast: Irving Meltzer

561 637 5874

West: Bailey Nieder

206 722 8197

Midwest: Ben Hagai Steuerman

773 935 0802

Canada: Jerry Rosenberg

416 787 7632

Israel Liaison: David Baum

rdbaum@netvision.net.il

World Machal: Zipporah Porath

zip@netvision.net.il

VP/Directors

Newsletter, Internet and Trustees

Committee: Samuel Z. Klausner

215 473 6034

sklausner@ucwphilly.rr.com

Archives and Museum: Ralph Lowenstein

352 392 6525

rlowenst@jou.ufl.edu

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 Summer 1999

AVINewsletter Fall 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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AVI Newsletter Index 1966-2003

Newsletters Referenced in the Index

AVI Newsletter Fall 2003 PDF

AVI Newsletter Winter 2004

AVI Newsletter Summer 2004, pages 1-7
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AVI Newsletter Fall 2004

AVI Newsletter Winter 2005

AVI Newsletter Spring 2005

AVI Newsletter Summer 2005

AVI Newsletter Winter 2006