Refugees, the Holocaust, and the Danger of Illiterate and Partisan Analogies
Hitler, not FDR, caused the Holocaust. American isolationism, not refugee policy, helped him do it.
January 30, 2017
The idea that Jews have somehow made unfair “use” of the Holocaust.
To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day last Friday, the White House issued a statement that made no mention of Jews. Initially willing to give the new administration the benefit of the doubt, John Podhoretz chalked up the omission to “ignorance and sloppiness”—until one of President Trump’s representatives defended it:
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Login or SubscribeHitler, not FDR, caused the Holocaust. American isolationism, not refugee policy, helped him do it.
The idea that Jews have somehow made unfair “use” of the Holocaust.
Forcing Palestinians to acknowledge Israel’s historical claim to the land would provide them with an honorable basis for compromise.
The Jewish itch to believe in universal substitutes for Judaism.
Romans, not Jews.