Comments on: Links for May 8th http://arabist.net/archives/2008/05/08/links-for-may-8th/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:14:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Nadia http://arabist.net/archives/2008/05/08/links-for-may-8th/#comment-419408 Nadia Fri, 09 May 2008 12:35:55 +0000 http://arabist.net/?p=2855#comment-419408 <i>The rise of Nazism might have spurred American Jews to greater Zionist activism, but the increase in Depression-era antisemitism and the reluctance of American Jews to pressure a popular president acted as counterweights. Roosevelt did nothing to challenge Britain’s decision to close Palestine to Jewish immigration in 1939, effectively dooming European Jewry, and American Jews did little to push him.</i> The US and Canada also refused to accept Jewish refugees, I wonder why he didn't mention that... The rise of Nazism might have spurred American Jews to greater Zionist activism, but the increase in Depression-era antisemitism and the reluctance of American Jews to pressure a popular president acted as counterweights. Roosevelt did nothing to challenge Britain’s decision to close Palestine to Jewish immigration in 1939, effectively dooming European Jewry, and American Jews did little to push him.

The US and Canada also refused to accept Jewish refugees, I wonder why he didn’t mention that…

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