Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women

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