Remembering what happens when Jews rely on others (Daled Amos)

By Daled AmosIf there was ever a time that Jews needed the help of the West, it was against Hitler.And we all know how that turned out.Put aside the refusal to bomb railroad tracks in order to slow down the transportation of Jews to their death in the concentration camps. And put aside how long it took countries to get together to make a united effort to save Jewish refugees...

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Traditional antisemitic attitudes getting mainstreamed

The latest AJC report on antisemitism in America has an interesting datapoint.There were a number of questions asked of both Jews and the general American public about antisemitism, and for most of them, the responses were very similar. For example:Amazingly, a higher percentage of the American public (90%) feels that the statement "ISrael has no right to exist" is antisemitic...

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The US Jews who opposed Orthodox rabbis pleading to save European Jews

On October 6, 1943, a group of hundreds of Orthodox rabbis came to Washington DC to plead for the lives of their brethren in Europe.They presented a letter to Vice President Wallace asking for a government agency to help save the remaining Jews from the Holocaust. The letter demanded that the US open its doors to Jewish refugees, that the UN create a passport that could be...

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60 years ago: A conference to ensure US Jews remain Zionist

In June, 1962, the American Jewish Congress sponsored a conference in Jerusalem about maintaining the relationship between American Jews and Israel, which they were afraid would fray within 10-20 years.American Jews remain overwhelmingly Zionist even 60 years after those dire predictions.Not to say we should be complacent, but it is interesting to see what the perspective...

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