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October 29, 2015

How FDR Failed the Jews

A new book tells the story.

Jay Winik’s 1944 presents itself as an admiring biography of a segment of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s career, but also contains a forceful indictment of his failure to take direct action to help the Jews in Hitler’s Europe. In reviewing the book, Terry Teachout connects this failure with the basic attributes of the president’s personal and political character:

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October 29, 2015

  1. The Wave of Terror Is a Reaction to the Failures of the Palestinian National Movement

    "The possibility that Israel cannot be dislodged . . . is simply too monstrous to accept."

  2. If You Love Israel, Don’t Boycott It

    And think of making some demands on Palestinians as well.

  3. How FDR Failed the Jews

    A new book tells the story.

  4. Can the Catholic Church’s Official Rejection of Anti-Semitism Serve as a Model for Religious Tolerance?

    The 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate.

  5. Does the Bible Allow You to Marry Your Uncle?

    Rabbis say “yes,” Sadducees “no.”