Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) shakes hands with Deborah Berlinger Eiferman, 102, at a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., during which a new tombstone with a Star of David was unveiled for Eiferman's uncle Pvt. David Moser, April 7, 2025.
(JNS) - Some 100 people, ranging in age from about 8 to 102, huddled for warmth as they braved 40-degree temperatures on a damp day at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to watch, as speaker after speaker put it, Pfc. Adolph Hanf and Pvt. David Moser "come home."
Neither of the Jewish soldiers, who served in World War I and who have been dead for more than 100 years, underwent a geographic relocation. But with the help of Operation Benjamin, a donor-supported nonprofit, Moser (1898-1919) and Hanf (1884-1918) received new gravestones with Stars of David rather than Latin crosses.
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