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August 25, 2019 4:28 am
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Modern-Day Immigrants, and How Eleanor Roosevelt Saved Jewish Refugees from the Holocaust

JNS.org - In 1940, a passenger cargo ship called the SS Quanza left the port of Lisbon carrying several hundred Jewish refugees to freedom. But...

June 24, 2015 10:00 am
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Pope Francis: Why Didn’t US Bomb Auschwitz and Why Don’t We Take More Action Today?

JNS.org - “The great powers had photographs of the railway routes that the trains took to… Auschwitz,” Pope Francis remarked this week. “Tell me,” he asked, “why...

October 7, 2014 7:39 am
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Hong Kong Dispute Echoes Holocaust Controversy

JNS.org - The Obama Administration's reluctance to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong revives a familiar clash between human rights and diplomatic relations—a conflict...

June 10, 2014 12:58 am
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D-Day and the Bombing of Auschwitz

JNS.org - Seventy years ago this week, the Allies staged the D-Day invasion, landing some 24,000 troops on the beaches along France's Normandy Coast...

January 29, 2014 4:58 pm
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Visiting Auschwitz, Israeli Officials Cite U.S. Failure to Bomb Death Camp

JNS.org - The Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration's rejection of pleas to bomb Auschwitz was on the minds of several Israeli leaders during the recent...

October 21, 2013 11:37 am
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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...

August 30, 2013 6:50 am
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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...

July 17, 2013 9:29 am
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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...

May 20, 2013 12:05 pm
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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...

May 6, 2013 2:38 am
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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...

April 30, 2013 1:23 am
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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...

March 21, 2013 11:10 pm
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St. Louis Survivors Dispute New Book’s Absolving of FDR and U.S. Coast Guard

Survivors of the Holocaust-era SS St. Louis refugee ship are disputing a new book's claim about their ship's fateful voyage. In a new book titled FDR...

March 4, 2013 2:41 pm
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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...

February 4, 2013 1:51 am
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Ed Koch, FDR, and the Holocaust

"Mayor Koch last night took on the ghost of President Franklin D. Roosevelt," an item in the New York Daily News in 1988 began, which probably...

World

California Lawmaker Introduces Legislation to Help Restitution of Property...

California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D) introduced legislation on Thursday that would assist California residents in recovering artwork and other types...

Israel

IDF Moves to Purchase 20,000 Israeli-Made Guns as Country Seeks Less Foreig...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has moved forward with a purchase order of 20,000 Israeli-made M4A1 rifles, a move that...

Middle East

Druze Israeli Killed in Hezbollah Strike as Tensions Escalate on Lebanon Bo...

A 25-year-old Druze Israeli was killed during a massive rocket attack by Hezbollah on northern Israel on Wednesday, the latest...

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