On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, an act of Jewish resistance in German-occupied Poland undertaken to oppose the Nazis’ final effort to transport the remaining 55,000-60,000 Jews in the ghetto to extermination camps, began. The effort … [Read more...] about “The Warsaw Ghetto in the American Jewish Press”* – Exclusive
Contributor: Alex Grobman, PhD
The Question of Palestine*
There is a basic assumption that the Arab-Jewish conflict in Palestine began when the British issued the Balfour Declaration. This notion ignores the reality that as early as June 24,1891, some Arab notables sent a petition via a telegram to the … [Read more...] about The Question of Palestine*
What was the German public’s reaction Kristallnacht November 9-10, 1938?
There is a tendency to use Holocaust terminology in describing antisemitism in the US and Europe today. The use of the term Kristallnacht is often used and misunderstood. Below is what happened and how the German public responded to it. AG German … [Read more...] about What was the German public’s reaction Kristallnacht November 9-10, 1938?
The Two State Pipe Dream
From the very beginning of the return of Jews to Palestine, a confrontation between the Jews and the Arabs was inevitable because of the insurmountable differences between the two competing national movements. As Colonel Frederick H. Kisch, a British … [Read more...] about The Two State Pipe Dream
How Muslims Transformed Jerusalem into a Sacred City for Islam*
President Donald Trump’s historic decision on December 6, 2017, to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city has elicited a torrent of negative and positive responses. The essential point in Trump’s statement is: “Today, we finally acknowledge … [Read more...] about How Muslims Transformed Jerusalem into a Sacred City for Islam*