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Refuge Must Be Given
John F. Sears
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Beschreibung
Refuge Must Be Given details the evolution of Eleanor Roosevelt from someone who harbored negative impressions of Jews to become a leading Gentile champion of Israel in the United States. The book explores, for the first time, Roosevelt’s partnership with the Quaker leader Clarence Pickett in seeking to admit more refugees into the United States, and her relationship with Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, who was sympathetic to the victims of Nazi persecution yet defended a visa process that failed both Jewish and non-Jewish refugees.
After the war, as a member of the American delegation to the United Nations, Eleanor Roosevelt slowly came to the conclusion that the partition of Palestine was the only solution both for the Jews in the displaced persons camps in Europe, and for the conflict between the Arabs and the Jews. When Israel became a state, she became deeply involved in supporting the work of Youth Aliyah and Hadassah, its American sponsor, in bringing Jewish refugee children to Israel and training them to become productive citizens. Her devotion to Israel reflected some of her deepest beliefs about education, citizenship, and community building. Her excitement about Israel’s accomplishments and her cultural biases, however, blinded her to the impact of Israel’s founding on the Arabs. Visiting the new nation four times and advocating on Israel’s behalf created a warm bond not only between her and the people of Israel, but between her and the American Jewish community.
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"Eleanor Roosevelt advocated for the Jews of Europe when few would do so. <i>Refuge Must Be Given</i> reveals the totality of that effort for the first time with an emphasis on her involvement in the creation and establishment of the State of Israel. Using long-neglected sources in the United States and Israel, John Sears has crafted a narrative that is both forthright and nuanced. From her prewar refugee work with Clarence Pickett, director of the American Friends Service Committee, and her immigration battles with Sumner Welles at the State Department to her postwar efforts at the United Nations and her work with Hadassah and Youth Aliyah in Israel, <i>Refuge Must Be Given</i> vividly illustrates Eleanor Roosevelt's transformation from bystander to one of America's foremost advocates for Jewish refugees and Israel."
"This comprehensive, well-documented study of Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jews, and the state of Israel shows how Mrs. Roosevelt, believing that too little had been done to rescue Jews before and during the Holocaust, came to support the creation of a Jewish state and make Israel's case to the American people. A welcome addition, by a renowned expert, to the literature on Roosevelt and the Jews and the ‘special relationship' between America and the Jewish state."
"John Sears's <i>Refuge Must Be Given</i> brilliantly details Eleanor Roosevelt's evolution from a holder of antisemitic stereotypes to a fierce champion of Israel. The amount of new research presented here is staggering. It's impossible to understand America's greatest first lady without reading this book. Highly recommended."
Kundenbewertungen
cultural bias, Franklin Roosevelt, transmigration, Hadassah, Arab-Jew conflict, antisemitism, migration, Nazi persecution, Clarence Pickett, Holocaust, Youth Aliyah, Sumner Welles, Palestine