Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Bruce Fine, nephew of 1st Lt. Morton Sher, spreads dirt on his uncle's casket at a cemetery in Greenville, S.C., Dec. 14, 2025. At the conclusion of the funeral, family and friends were given the opportunity to place soil from Israel and the surrounding area on the casket.
A Jewish American fighter pilot shot down over China in World War II was finally laid to rest on American soil last week, with dirt from Israel placed over his coffin.
Lt. Morton Sher, who flew with the famed Flying Tigers, was buried on Sunday in a cemetery in Greenville, S.C., where his headstone and an empty grave have awaited him for 80 years.
The oldest son of David and Anna Sher, he was born in Baltimore before his family moved to the South. Active at Congregation Beth Israel in Greenville, Sher was also a founding member of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization's Aleph Zadik Aleph teen fr...
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