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Leo Durocher.

This World Series echoes 1941, when Cardinals legend Leo Durocher battled Hitler from the dugout

By Rafael Medoff
Published October 28, 2024
Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and author or editor of 16 books about the Holocaust and Jewish history. His commentary was distributed by JNS.org.

U.S. action against genocide: A brief guide

By Rafael Medoff
Published April 13, 2017
Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of 16 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust. His commentary was distributed by JNS.org.

Comparing Rwanda and the Holocaust: A valid analogy?

By Rafael Medoff
Published July 13, 2016
Although Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) sparked an international outcry when he claimed Israeli rabbis were plotting to poison Arab wells, Palestinian leader, including the late PA President Yasser Arafat (left), have accused Israel of nefarious poisoning schemes for more than three decades.  

‘Poisoning’ accusations are a Palestinian tradition

By Rafael Medoff
Published June 29, 2016
Rafael Medoff

Christians mostly failed to act in response to Kristallnacht

By Rafael Medoff
Published November 2, 2011
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