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ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR Q: Some time ago the Jewish War Veterans attempted to get the U.S. Post Office to issue a stamp commemorating their service in the Army. They were unsuccess- ful. How many individuals identified as Jews served in World War II? How many Jews were casualties of the war? What was the highest rank achieved by an individual identi- fied as Jewish? From reader M.P. in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. A: The JWV's request was indeed denied. A Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, a group that decides fwhich stamps to issue, reject- ed the idea (which would have marked the organization's 100th anniversary) on grounds that any such stamp should hon- or all veterans. The last major war claimed the lives of 11,000 American Jewish soldiers, with 40,000 wounded. More than 550,000 Jewish soldiers served in the war. The highest rank obtained by a Jew during that war was ma- jor general. Maurice Rose, whose father was a rabbi, was a World War I veteran and career army man. He became a brigadier general in 1943 and was named chief of staff of the second ar- mored division in North Africa. Gen. Rose, who accepted the un- conditional surrender of the Ger- man forces in Tunisia, later was promoted to major general and given command of the third ar- mored division in the final of- fensive against Germany. He was killed in action at Pader- born, Germany, a few weeks be- fore the end of the war. He was 46. President Harry Truman promoted another Jew, Lewis L. Strauss, to the office of rear admiral. Adviser to Navy Undersecretary James Forrestal, Mr. Strauss di- ' rected the de- velopment of , the radar prox- imity fuse and , conceived the ; Big "E" war- production incentive pro- gram. Q: Was Henry Miller, the Amer- ican author famous for such sex- ually explicit novels as Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, Jewish? A: Far from it. As revealed in Moloch, or This Gentile World, his first attempt at autobio- graphical fiction, Miller was in fact an anti-Semite. In his later years, Miller (1881- 1980) said he sustained and valued his feelings of anti-Semitism because they stimulated his writ- ing. Q: My name is Joey Goldberg and I say my last name just like it's writ- ten - "gold" and then "berg." No surprises. Now I hear that Abba Eban's last name is spoken differently than it's written. I mean, what's with this guy? Does he pronounce his last name "Goldberg," too? (That's just a joke, but you get the idea!) Q: Why does Easter so often coincide with Pe- sach? A: According to Chris- tian doctrine, Easter is the Christian Passover. Now some may won- der what the liberation of our ancestors from slavery and the estab- lishment of the Jews as a people has to do with the death and resurrec- tion ofJesus. Good ques- tion. Classical Christianity views the entire Tanach (Jewish Bible) as a fore- telling of the life and message ofJesus. Thus, Abba Eban plays the name game. God's redemption of the A: You can relax when it comes Jews from slavery, Christian dog- ma says, is a model for mankind's to the first name, pal Joey. Abba redemption from sin through Je- is pronounced ah-bah, accent on sus, whose death and resurrec- the first syllable, just as it's writ- tion form the cornerstone of ten. His last name in Hebrew, Christian belief. however, is Even, pronounced Because of the identification of Easter with Pesach (many eh-ven, accent on the first syl- church scholars believe the Last lable. Only he knows why he Supper was a Passover seder), chose to transliterate his name the early church celebrated East- as Eban. Mr. Eban was born Aubrey er on Pesach, the 14th day of Stein in 1915 in Cape Town, Nisan. Since the 14th of Nisan may occur any day of the week, South Africa. Brought up in Eng- a dispute arose as to whether land and educated at Cambridge, Easter should be celebrated the Eban served as a major in the 14th of Nisan (which could be a British army in World War II. Af- weekday) or on the first Sunday ter the war, he settled in Jerusalem and became active in after the day. In 325, the Council of Nicaea the Jewish Agency. Later, Mr. (a meeting of the leading Chris- Eban was Israel's ambassador to tian bishops) decided that East- Washington, United Nations rep- er should be observed on the first resentative, deputy prime min- Sunday after the full moon that ister, foreign minister and occurs on or after the spring member of the Knesset. From equinox. The council accepted 1959 to 1966, he was president March 21 as the date of the of the Weizmann Institute of Sci- ence ❑ spring equinox. Because 14 Nisan coincides with the full moon in the first Jewish month after the spring Send questions to "Tell Me Why" c/o The Jewish News, 27676 equinox, Easter always falls very Franklin Rd., Southfield, MI close to Pesach 48034 or send fax to 354-6069.