Women Represented in the Collections: Lucy S. Dawidowiczby Ilana Rossoff, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History Lucy S. Dawidowicz (1915-1990) was a Jewish-American historian well-known for her polemical writings on the devastation of the Nazi genocide and the historical rise of Christian and German anti-Semitism. Dawidowicz, born Lucy Schildkret to immigrants of Eastern Europe in New York City, was immersed in the…
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Jews: Part Twoby Ilana Rossoff, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History Official Presidential portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1947. by Frank O. Salisbury. Continued from part one: Refugees and Rescue: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1935-1945 (available here at the Center for Jewish History) brings to light the writings of James McDonald (the…
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Jews: Part Oneby Ilana Rossoff, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History (This image is from the White House slideshow, “Our Presidents.”) Franklin Delano Roosevelt is considered one of the most popular and accomplished presidents in American history. He pulled the U.S. economy into recovery from the Great Depression, contributed to orchestrating the defeat of the Nazi/Axis…