Association_of_Jewish_Ex-Servicemen_and_Women

Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women

Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women

British charitable organization

The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (AJEX; prior to 1939, the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen, and from 1928 to 1939, the Jewish Ex-Servicemen's Legion) is a non-political charitable organization that focuses on issues affecting Jewish British former servicemen and women.[1][2][3][4]

Tokens of remembrance in the plot for the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (AJEX), at the Field of Remembrance at Westminster

History

The association is a non-political charitable organization that focuses on issues affecting Jewish British former servicemen and women, and was founded in Whitechapel in East London in 1928 as the Jewish Ex-Servicemen's Legion.[4][5] In 1936 it changed its name to AJEX.[4] It holds an annual Commemoration of Remembrance and Parade every November to pay tribute to servicemen and women who have died in battle.[6][7][8][9] As of 2013, it had 40 branches in the United Kingdom.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "AJEX: British Jewry and Wartime Commemoration". www.amdigital.co.uk. 6 November 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Ajex". Jewish Legacy.
  3. [3]
    Tilles, Daniel (2014). British Fascist Antisemitism and Jewish Responses, 1932-40. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-0725-9 – via Google Books.
  4. [4]
    Rubinstein, W.; Jolles, Michael A. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6 – via Google Books.
  5. [5]
    Copsey, Nigel (2016). Anti-Fascism in Britain. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-39762-5 – via Google Books.
  6. [6]
    "Jewish veterans pay tribute to fallen comrades". Times of Israel. 22 November 2016.
  7. [7]
    Kentish, Benjamin (20 November 2017). "Hundreds of Jewish ex-servicemen pay respects to the fallen at AJEX parade". Times of Israel.
  8. [8]
    "Community prepares to remember the fallen at AJEX parade this Sunday". Times of Israel. 13 November 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Remember our fallen and fight for our future, say Jewish ex-servicemen and women," The JC, 8 November 2013.
  10. [10]
    "Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women honoured at annual AJEX parade," The JC, 19 November 2017.


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