World War II
A very temporary haven.
Uncovering a dark family secret.
And the forgotten battle that cost Moshe Dayan his eye.
“Resistance,” then and now.
“We pray sincerely for America and the ideals of democracy and freedom that are here enshrined.”
Alexander Pechersky.
Sent there by the British as enemy aliens.
Strong enough to break through post-Zionist cynicism.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
The Jews of the Royal Air Force.
Following Nazism’s commandment to kill—one last time.
Diverting attention from the evils of Nazism.
The historian and author of The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust joins us to talk about his work.
He did. A recent book is a damning polemic against him and also against America’s most politically connected Jewish leader. Yet it’s hard to imagine things ending differently.
