Posts Tagged: Bergson Group
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...
A Holocaust Pageant That Was ‘Too Political’ for FDR
Seventy years ago this week, 40,000 New Yorkers watched as Jewish activists and Hollywood celebrities joined hands to bring news of the Holocaust to the...
The Shameful Legacy of Rabbi Stephen Wise
From my early childhood, I remember my mother teaching me about the importance of supporting the Jewish people and the Jewish nation - and not...
A World Series Warning – About Hitler
The 1941 World Series is widely remembered as the first "Subway Series," when two New York City teams vied for baseball's championship. It was also...
Document Sheds New Light on Jewish Vote in 1944 Race
The conventional assumption about the 1944 presidential election is that since American Jewry was firmly in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's pocket, the Jewish vote was...
Tarzan and the Holocaust
Like American boys and girls, youngsters growing up in British Mandatory Palestine or the new state of Israel experienced thrills through the adventures of Tarzan, the...
Double Review: ‘Millions of Jews to Rescue’ and ‘Herbert Hoover and the Jews’ (REVIEW)
Herbert Hoover and the Jews: The Origins of the "Jewish Vote" and Bipartisan Support for Israel, by Sonja Schoepf Wentling and Rafael Medoff (Washington:...









