Video of "The Jewish History That Could Have Been"

American Jewish University: Holocaust Reflections -- The Jewish History That Could Have Been

A special series leading up to Tisha B'av. Jewish history could have been different. At the beginning of World War II, the leaders of the left, right and center of Zionism – David Ben-Gurion, Vladimir Jabotinsky, and Chaim Weizmann – traveled to America, a country paralyzed by isolationism, seeking support for a Jewish army to fight Hitler.

It is a little- known story of Jewish heroism and tragedy, unity and disunity -- with lessons for today. AJU Resident Scholar Rick Richman tells the story, and AJU Professor Michael Berenbaum joins the discussion of the Jewish response at the start of the darkest chapter in Jewish history -- and its current relevance. 

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