Posts Tagged: Jewish refugees
A Tale of Mutual Empathy: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
In Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, an exhibition aptly opening on Martin Luther King Day will highlight a historical moment of mutual respect and...
Babe Ruth and the Holocaust
Babe Ruth is remembered for his home runs on the field and his hot dog binges and other peccadilloes off the field. But as the American public...
Former VP Henry Wallace, Forgotten Zionist, Stars in Oliver Stone’s New TV Series
Oliver Stone's controversial new television series on Showtime, which debuted Nov. 12, argues that Henry Wallace, the leftwing former vice president, could have established peace with...
Refugee-Turned-Activist Seeks Attention for Plight of Egyptian Jews
NEW YORK—For Levana Vidal Zamir, it was a "good childhood"—until May 14, 1948. At midnight, she recalls, Egyptian officers rampaged through her family's house and...
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...
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Anticipates Energy-Driven Change
NEW YORK—Danny Ayalon anticipates dramatic changes for Israel, the Middle East and Europe, giving a decade as his timeframe. In an exclusive conversation with JNS.org last week...
Who Is(n’t) a Refugee?
In December 1949, seven months after the fledgling State of Israel was granted membership in the United Nations, the UN established the United Nations Relief...
Victimhood as Foreign Policy
Would Israel's ambassador to the U.N. have called on the world body "to tell the 850,000 untold stories of Jewish refugees from Arab countries..." had the...
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...
Rosh Hashanah – A Time to Rejoice
For religious Jews, Rosh Hashanah is traditionally a time to apply ourselves towards "Tshuva" - a form of self-critical introspection combined with a spiritual commitment to...
Israel Foreign Ministry Launches Jewish Refugee Awareness Campaign
Before 1948, there were close to one million Jews living in the Arab world, while today only a few thousand still remain. During the...
Hanan Ashrawi’s War on History
Hanan Ashrawi, the telegenic, kinder, gentler face of Palestinian politics, knows how to attract a headline, but one wonders if she is becoming reckless...
Israel Pushing for UN Summit on Jewish Refugees
Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has been pushing for the UN to hold a summit in September on the issue of Jewish refugees...
Canadian Report Spurs U.S. Congress to Act on Jewish Refugees
A bill has reached the U.S. House of Representatives calling on the American government to recognize the rights of Jewish refugees who were...
