The World Jewish Congress during the Holocaust ：Between Activism and Restraint ( New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History )

Publication subTitle ：Between Activism and Restraint

Publication series ：New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History

Author： Segev Zohar

Publisher： De Gruyter‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9783110320268

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110320022

Subject： K152 World War II (1939 - 1945)

Keyword：美洲史,世界史

Language： ENG

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Description

The peer-reviewed series seeks to provide an international platform for new approaches to the study of modern Jewish history. Covering the period from the Enlightenment to the 21st century, the series focuses on cutting-edge work in social, cultural, economic, and political history. It seeks to explore new avenues in the understanding of modern Jewries in their historical contexts, encouraging a multi-layered exploration of topics which transcend the analytical boundaries of ethnicity, nation, and religion. The series embraces monographs and challenging research-oriented anthologies dedicated to a deeper understanding of essential themes in the main fields of Jewish studies, such as Jewish thought, migration, biography, Israel and the Middle East, Holocaust studies, the history of memory, and identity.

Chapter

Preface

Contents

List of figures

Introduction: The Founding of the World Jewish Congress

Chapter 1 World Jewish Congress Activity in the United States during World War II

The World Jewish Congress and Reports of the Holocaust of European Jewry

The World Jewish Congress Leadership and the Jewish Public in the United States at the Time of the Holocaust

Chapter 2 Stephen Wise, Nahum Goldmann, and the Question of Palestine in 1940s America

The Episode of the Pro-Zionist Proposals in Congress

The Party Platforms

Moderation and Restraint: The Response by American Jews to the Holocaust and the Struggle for the Establishment of the State of Israel

Chapter 3 The World Jewish Congress’s Rescue Effort

The “Soul Searching” Conference in Atlantic City

Philanthropy and Politics: The World Jewish Congress and the Jews of Europe 1936–1942

The Untold Story: The Operation to Rescue Children in Portugal

From Denmark to Bulgaria: The Involvement of the World Jewish Congress in Further Rescue Operations in Europe

Chapter 4 Diaspora Nationalism, The World Jewish Congress, American Jewry, and the Post-War Rehabilitation of Europe’s Jews

The Rehabilitation of Europe’s Jews

The Institute of Jewish Affairs

Diaspora Nationalism

Summary

Afterword

Bibliography

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