By Etgar Lefkovits Rabbi Stephen Wise, the most prominent US Jewish leader during World War II, failed miserably in his
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Bush & the “Appeasers” –in His Own State Dept.?
By Dr. Rafael Medoff President Bush has stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy with his remark that those who
China-Syria Nuclear Link Raises Concerns
By Dr. Rafael Medoff The growing debate over whether Americans should boycott the Beijing Olympics has taken a new turn,
Jewish Leaders “Failed Miserably” in 1940s, Hebrew Union College Pres. Says at Wyman Conference
Rabbi Stephen Wise and other American Jewish leaders “failed miserably” in their response to the Holocaust, Rabbi Dr. David Ellenson,
A Thanksgiving Plan to Rescue Europe’s Jews from Hitler
by Rafael Medoff The autumn of 1938 was a grim time for the Jewish people. The Nazis’ Kristallnacht pogrom had
FDR & the Holocaust, On Stage
by Dr. Rafael Medoff The story of the Roosevelt administration’s response to the Holocaust has been chronicled in books and
A Debt the British Paid–and One They Didn’t
by Dr. Rafael Medoff The research for this article was made possible in part by the Wyman Institute’s David Brodetzky
Pelosi’s Father Defied FDR on the Holocaust
by Dr. Rafael Medoff Media profiles of the incoming Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, have referred to her father,
Were U.S. Jews Powerless During the Holocaust: Another View
by Dr. Rafael Medoff Were American Jews powerless to bring about the rescue of more Jews from Hitler, as Prof.
New Documents Shed More Light On FDR’s Holocaust Failure
by Laurel Leff and Rafael Medoff The release of previously unknown diaries written by U.S. diplomat James McDonald has attracted