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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80 years ago: The State Department says paying ransom for Jews is a crime

A small item on page 4 of the Los Angeles Times, November 25, 1942:This came in response to a report out of the Netherlands that the Nazis were extorting huge sums for exit permits.There is, unfortunately, a large body of literature on ransoming captives under Jewish law. A summary from Din Online:The Rambam (Matmos Aniim 8:10, based on the Gemara in Bava Basra 8b) states...

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False claims of Nazi spies masquerading as Jews provided excuse to limit Jewish immigration to America during the Holocaust

The Ken Burns documentary that started being broadcast last night, The US and the Holocaust, has prompted me to dig up little known stories about how the US severely limited Jewish immigration.One reason that the US gave for limiting immigration was the fear that some of the immigrants were in fact Nazi spies.The New York Daily News reported on November 26, 1940 - a year before...

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