{"id":47091,"date":"2019-01-25T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T00:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=47091"},"modified":"2019-01-25T18:05:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T00:05:21","slug":"jwv-national-commander-oversees-regional-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/jwv-national-commander-oversees-regional-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"JWV National Commander oversees regional conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Barry Schneider, the National Commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States (JWV), presided over the&nbsp;regional conference in Metairie this past weekend that ran from Fri., January 18 through today, January 21. The winter convention , which he helped initiate with the help of local Ben Katz Post # 580 members, drew&nbsp;regional members and non-veteran patrons from the Department of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, collectively known as TALO.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47134\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1549.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47134\" class=\"wp-image-47134 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1549-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1549-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1549-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1549-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47134\" class=\"wp-image-47134 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1549-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1549-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1549-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1549-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-47134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jewish War Veterans National Commander Dr. Barry Schneider, left, with Ben Katz Post commander Judge Sol Gothard. (Photo by Alan Smason)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The conference, which drew some 50 regional and local members, was headquartered at the Holiday Inn in Metairie and was highlighted by a dinner program held on Sat. evening there. Guests were called together by TALO Commander Scott Stevens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An honor guard from Tulane University Army R.O.T.C. presented and posted the colors followed&nbsp;by&nbsp; the Pledge of Allegiance by Elliott Bain of the local post, a POW\/MIA ceremony by JWV Post # 755 Ron Silvernell.<\/p>\n<p>An invocation by TALO Chaplain Norton Schectman preceded a welcome from Stevens. Following dinner, thre Tulane R.O.T.C. Commanders from the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force spoke on their programs.<\/p>\n<p>Local Post # 580 officers were installed by Stevens including Jaclyn &#8220;Jackie&#8221; Goldberg as the post&#8217;s first female vice commander. Carol Berman was elected as chief of staff for the post.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Sol Gothard, who was re-elected to his position delivered several remarks about the post before welcoming National Commander Dr. Barry Schneider of Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Following Dr. Schneider&#8217;s remarks, Stevens spoke and closed out the evening.<\/p>\n<p>A morning brunch was held at Congregation Beth Israel prior to a visit to the National World War II Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the JWV participated in last Monday&#8217;s Martin Luther King , Jr. Day events before leaving for their respective homes.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures from the weekend:<\/p>\n<p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"JWV%20National%20Commander%20oversees%20regional%20conference\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8790,8795,183,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47091"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47135,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47091\/revisions\/47135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}