Rafael Medoff / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Rafael Medoff / JNS.org
The American Cartoonists Who Spoke Out Against Kristallnacht
JNS.org - "I could scarcely believe that such a thing could occur in a 20th-century civilization," President Franklin Roosevelt declared in the wake of...
Recalling the 1943 Rosh Hashanah Holocaust Escape of Danish Jews
JNS.org - As the final minutes of Rosh Hashanah ticked away, 13-year-old Leo Goldberger was hiding, along with his parents and three brothers, in the...
Anti-Semitic Advisor to FDR Sabotaged UN Human Rights Efforts
JNS.org - As debate mounts over whether the U.S. should bypass the United Nations Security Council and take military action in response to human rights...
Nixon, Truman, and FDR’s Private Thoughts About Jews
JNS.org - The latest tapes of President Richard M. Nixon's private conversations reveal a number of anti-Semitic remarks made by the president. This is...
The Man Who Told FDR About the Holocaust
JNS.0rg - Seventy years ago this month, on July 28, an eyewitness to the Nazi atrocities against Europe's Jews brought the horrifying news directly to...
Holocaust Failure Symbol Evian Conference to Bring Hope for African Refugees?
JNS.org - The name "Evian" will forever be remembered as the site of an international conference, 75 years ago this week, that was supposed to save...
When Helen Keller Confronted the Nazis
JNS.org - June 27 is Helen Keller Day—the annual occasion when students across America learn about the disabilities activist whose remarkable achievements inspired her generation, and...
Superman: Saving His Jewish Creators
From left to right, Joe Shuster, Neal Adams, and Jerry Siegel shortly after their victory over DC Comics, which have Superman...
Samantha Power, U.N. Nominee, Highlights Obama’s Genocide Problem
JNS.org - The nomination of Samantha Power for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations has drawn the Jewish community's attention to her controversial 2002 remark...
FDR Used the IRS Against Jewish Activists
The news that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unfairly targeted conservative groups has brought renewed spotlight on a 2010 lawsuit filed by the pro-Israel group...
Is China Trying to Co-opt the Holocaust?
During his visit to China this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recalled that the city of Shanghai was "one of the few places that...
Three Graves in Jerusalem, Three Lives Linked by History
Leading up to Jerusalem Day this year, leaders of four U.S. Orthodox organizations in March sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about...
How the St. Louis Saved Jewish Lives – in Holland
This week's symposium on "Performing Arts in Holland During the Holocaust" at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem explored the fascinating subject of how Dutch Jews under...
The U.S. Holocaust Museum at 20: Confronting Tough Issues
When President Bill Clinton stepped to the podium at the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., 20 years ago, most...
