Dr. Rafael Medoff

80 years ago this week: US responds to war crimes in Ukraine

The Times buried the report on Nazi atrocities in Ukraine at the end of a column of items from Europe.That, at least, has changed.Op-ed

Twisting the Holocaust to fit a narrative

Sadly, there are those who exploit, distort —or even doubt atrocities taking place now—in order to advance narrow partisan agendas. Op-ed.

Holocaust echoes in Ukraine conspiracy theory

Atrocities do not have to reach the level of genocide for the international community to feel outrage and compassion for Ukrainians. Op-ed.

From Brooklyn housewife to Zionist lobbyist

A fascinating but little-known chapter in the history of the campaign by Americans to help create the State of Israel. Op-ed.

FDR's Jewish problem and its Japanese link

FDR viewed Jews and those he called "Orientals" with automatic suspicion, with devastating results for both groups. Op-ed.

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The Tuskegee Airmen and the bombing of Auschwitz

The history of the all-black Tuskegee pilots unit is connected to the controversy over Roosevelt's refusal to bomb Auschwitz. Op-ed.

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Don’t exaggerate Diaspora Jewry’s ‘distress’

Many Diaspora Jews are temporarily unable to attend events in Israel, but in the greater scheme of a pandemic, it is hardly “tragic.” Op-ed.

Kate Couric wasn't the first: FDR, Truman and the Jews

Read FDR and Harry Truman's offensive and antisemitic remarks about Jews, omitted or revised by those who ran the cutting room.Op-ed.

Do they even know what "Genocide" means?

Use of the term “genocide” in situations that do not meet the definition undermines youth's understanding of what it really means. Op-ed.

A refugee solution for Biden — from 1944

Biden’s fear of backlash reportedly contributed to the slide from his initial promise of 125,000 refugess to 62,500, to 15,000. Op-ed.

Blinken's gaffe

The secretary of state made it sound as if it was Ass't Sec of State Long, not FDR, who kept the US from aiding European Jews.Op-ed.

Andrew Yang got it right on BDS

BDS say they are boycotting only Israelis, not Jews. But they are not boycotting Israeli Arabs, just Israeli Jews. Op-ed

The Jews of Morocco, FDR, and the Nazis: A troubling episode

The full story of how FDR treated the Jews in Morocco and elsewhere in North Africa after the 1942 Allied liberation. Op-ed.

'Everybody did it' is no excuse for FDR abandoning the Jews

It changes nothinng to know that many Americans besides FDR knew, but did nothing, about the Holocaust. He was the president. Op-ed.

Stop whitewashing FDR's abandonment of the Jews

Documents show that State Dep't officials briefed the president on their efforts to keep refugees out. FDR simply did not want Jews.Op-ed.

Joe Biden, FDR, and the Nazis

FDR cut out all references to Germany and to Hitler, Goebbels and other Nazis out of his response to Kristallnacht. Op-ed.

Farrakhan, Hitler, and the NY Times: Here we go again

A Howard U professor wrote an admiting essay on Farrakhan for the NYT, omitting his antisemitism. And in 1933 the NYT praised Hitler. Op-ed

A new blow to Iran's forgotten Jews

Human rights group "3 Generations" should know better than to feature a journalist who denied oppression of Iran's Jews. Op-ed

The Yom Kippur 1942 sermon Stephen Wise didn't give

Erev Yom Kippur, Wise received the confirmed report of Nazi massacres of Jews all over Poland. He chose to speak about other things.Op-ed..

The Saudis, the Jews, and FDR's dog

Why those Syrian atrocities still matter

A Passover message of hope from Binyamin Netanyahu's father

The Labor Zionist movement and the bombing of Auschwitz

How FDR turned away Jewish students escaping from Europe

When Jews mixed sport with politics

The Rabbi, the telegram, and the Holocaust

FDR's token refugee shelter

There is no Dachau in Texas

What we can't forget when we remember Anne Frank

Comic book features American Holocaust hero

Why FDR wouldn't condemn Hitler

Proof that bombs can stop Genocide

Rescuing Jews, despite FDR

When Jewish politics trumped Holocaust rescue

FDR gets credit for his response to Kristallnacht. He shouldn't

A calendar distorts the Holocaust

The day the rabbis marched in Washington right before Yom Kippur

'It can be done:' New details on the rescue of Denmark's Jews

REWRITING HISTORY AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM: Why FDR abandoned the Jews

U.S. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM EXCUSES FDR’S SILENCE: Jews are inconvenient

US HOLOCAUST MUSEUM TRIES TO RESCUE FDR: Keeping the Jews out

'He's one of us' doesn't excuse sexual abuse

Extreme defenders of FDR distort Holocaust record

Misunderstanding the causes of anti-Semitism

Martin Luther King Day: How Zionists defeated segregation in Baltimore

Words that presidents won't say

Melania blames the Jews

An odd couple? Cartoons and the Holocaust

Hypocrisy on the Golan Heights: An "occupational" hazard

Netanyahu is not the first leader the White House found "frustrating"

Why the Rabbi said: "Eat bread on Passover"

Al Pacino Reopens the Debate Over Pro-Nazi Celebrities

The Inconvenience of Genocide

Getting Anne Frank All Wrong

Bibi Isn't the 1st Jewish Leader Stung by White House

NY Times Tour of Iran: Another PR Victory for Dictators

Is the US Finally Confronting Genocide?

Lag Ba'omer at the Pyramids

FDR's Anti-Semitic Cocktails - with Molotov

A Hanukkah of Broken Promises