DHHRM | Dr. Rafael Medoff: Should the Jews Keep Quiet?

This program is presented in-person at the Museum. Registration includes a 6:00 p.m. reception followed by the 7:00 p.m. program.

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During World War II, why didn’t the United States welcome Jewish refugees who were fleeing Europe or drop bombs on the railways leading to Auschwitz? Moreover, why didn’t many individual Americans support further action? Dr. Rafael Medoff authored The Jews Should Keep Quiet, which documents how President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressured Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and other prominent Jewish leaders to stifle American Jewish criticism of his policies. Dr. Medoff joins us for a look into the Roosevelt administration’s fateful policies during the Holocaust.

About the Speaker

Dr. Rafael Medoff is the founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, located in Washington, D.C., and the author of more than 20 books about the Holocaust, Zionism, and American Jewish history. Dr. Medoff has taught Jewish history at Ohio State University, Purchase College of the State University of New York, and Yeshiva University, among others, and he is a fellow of the Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University. He is former associate editor of the scholarly journal American Jewish History and has contributed to the Encyclopedia Judaica, Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia, and other leading reference volumes.