LEADER 03988oam 2200493 450 001 9910737099103321 005 20231215153813.0 010 $a1-61249-634-2 010 $a1-61249-659-8 035 $a(CKB)5590000000442138 035 $a(OCoLC)1244625802 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse92483 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6367581 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000442138 100 $a20210607d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRefuge must be given $eEleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish plight, and the founding of Israel /$fJohn F. Sears 210 1$aWest Lafayette :$cPurdue University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource 361 pages) 300 $aAbout the Author. 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61249-633-4 311 $a1-61249-635-0 327 $a9. Combating Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and Antisemitism on the Home Front -- 10. A Failed Attempt at Rescue -- 11. Responding to News of the Extermination Camps, 1942-45 -- 12. A March to a Better Life -- 13. The Postwar Refugee Crisis and the Future of Palestine -- 14. Committing to the Establishment of a Jewish State -- 15. Visiting Israel as World Patron of Youth Aliyah -- 16. Immigrant Children and the Task of Cultural Integration -- 17. American Policy toward Israel in the 1950s -- 18. A Special Bond with Israel -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index 327 $aCover -- REFUGE MUST BE GIVEN -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. A Cautious Response to Nazi Germany -- 2. Partnering with Clarence Pickett -- 3. Responding to the Threat of War and the Nazi Assault on the Jews -- 4. Antisemitism and The Moral Basis of Democracy -- 5. The Wagner-Rogers Bill -- 6. The United States Committee for the Care of European Children -- 7. The Emergency Rescue Committee, Sumner Welles, and the Obstacles to Rescue -- 8. Continuing the Fight on Behalf of Visa Applicants 330 $aRefuge 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. 606 $aJews 607 $aIsrael 607 $aIsrael$2fast 615 0$aJews. 676 $a296 700 $aSears$b John F.$f1941-$01397499 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910737099103321 996 $aRefuge must be given$93459227 997 $aUNINA