Podcast appearances and mentions of Stephen S Wise

Rafael Medoff, author of the new book "The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust"

Once we achieve financial security, after the promotion, if we just get the manuscript published, if only we win the prize - then we'll be content, because we will have received the recognition for which we're pining. But as we hear in The Happiness Lab's The Silver Lining, when external recognition finally comes, it often leaves us hollow inside. Are we better off not trying? Joining host Leon Wiener Dow for The Context segment is Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Senior Rabbi at Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles and for The Hypertext segment is Sheri Geller, Co-Director of College Counseling at Gann Academy in Boston.Click here for Leon and Joel's extended study session.Click here to view the source sheet for this episode. Click here to visit the episode page on our website.Click here to learn more about the work of Kolot alumna Anat Nehemia-Lavi.

In this podcast, INSS researcher Adi Kantor sits down with Prof. Eli Lederhendler, Stephen S. Wise Professor of American Jewish History and Institutions at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the outgoing chair of the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry. Prof. Lederhendler is also the author of the article "American Antisemitism in its Historical and Social Background,” published by INSS in its collection of articles on contemporary antisemitism in the United States. In this article, Prof. Lederhendler examines antisemitism in the United States in the context of American social history and analyzes how the phenomenon has developed in the United States over the past hundred years. The podcast looks at what is different in the American governmental and legal systems that prevents their decline into anarchy or fascism. Is American antisemitism different when compared to other forms of bigotry, and in what way? How does antisemitism in the United States differ from the phenomenon in other countries? What are the socio-historic origins of the discourse surrounding antisemitism in America? Has antisemitism in America evolved over time? What were related pivotal events in the 20th century? And how did the American Jewish community react to attacks against them? https://www.inss.org.il/publication/american-antisemitism-historical/

Like so many Americans, American Jews supported President Roosevelt. They adored him. They believed in him. They idolized him. Perhaps they shouldn't have. Based on recently discovered documents, The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust (Jewish Publication Society) reassesses the hows and whys behind the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration's fateful policies during the Holocaust. Rafael Medoff delves into difficult truths: With FDR's consent, the administration deliberately suppressed European immigration far below the limits set by U.S. law. His administration also refused to admit Jewish refugees to the U.S. Virgin Islands, dismissed proposals to use empty Liberty ships returning from Europe to carry refugees, and rejected pleas to drop bombs on the railways leading to Auschwitz, even while American planes were bombing targets only a few miles away—actions that would not have conflicted with the larger goal of winning the war. What motivated FDR? Medoff explores the sensitive question of the president's private sentiments toward Jews. Unmasking strong parallels between Roosevelt's statements regarding Jews and Asians, he connects the administration's policies of excluding Jewish refugees and interning Japanese Americans. The Jews Should Keep Quiet further reveals how FDR's personal relationship with Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, American Jewry's foremost leader in the 1930s and 1940s, swayed the U.S. response to the Holocaust. Documenting how Roosevelt and others pressured Rabbi Wise to stifle American Jewish criticism of FDR's policies, Medoff chronicles how and why the American Jewish community largely fell in line with Wise. Ultimately Medoff weighs the administration's realistic options for rescue action, which, if taken, would have saved many lives. Rafael Medoff is founding director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and coeditor of the institute's online Encyclopedia of America's Response to the Holocaust. Renee Garfinkel, Ph.D. is a Jerusalem-based psychologist, Middle East television commentator, and host of the Van Leer Jerusalem Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/van-leer-institute

Historian Dr. Rafael Medoff is an expert in the era of the Holocaust. His newest book ‘The Jews Should Keep Quiet’ explores the relationship between FDR and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, American Jewry’s leader at the time. He explains to Eve that new research and declassified information have led to shocking revelations and the inescapable conclusion that the US president was a racist and anti-Semite whose personal attitudes led to Jews getting caught by the Nazis instead of finding refuge in the US. The key was connecting the internment of Japanese Americans with events in the European theater of war. 80 years later and the story has not yet been fully written. Listen and learn.

After 11 were murdered at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Judaism Unbound pre-emptively releases a conversation that initially wasn't going to be available for a few weeks. Eli Lederhendler, the Stephen S. Wise Chair in American Jewish History at Hebrew University, joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about antisemitism, nativism, and immigration in the early 20th century. It's a conversation centered in the past, but it couldn't be more relevant to our contemporary context. This episode highlights over 130 years of life-saving work by HIAS: the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, dating all the way back to 1881. We encourage you to learn more about them at Hias.org, and support them with whatever financial contribution you can allocate at Hias.org/donate.

Need a mama recharge? Jennifer Waldburger’s voice is so soothing in this “mama and baby meditation" it'll work wonders for you with or without baby. Our recording together was perfectly timed for me because we've upped the ante on my bed rest. No more lifting anything, minimal physical movement, and they’ve taken away my car keys! This challenge is giving me a sneak peak of my upcoming Tour de Babyland. You know those hours when you think you should be getting a ton accomplished but you do not have the energy, and there’s no one to talk to but the crazy voices in your head? WELL…this short meditation for moms with young children and babies will help us reconnect with our children and ourselves and regain our serenity (or at least some of our sanity). It’s helping me tremendously and I’m not even doing it with a baby. I just visualize Sabrina at preschool or the little one rocking out in my tummy. xx Ellie P.S. Get excited! Upcoming podcasts for June include interviews with top child development expert Dr. Harvey Karp (too many books to name) and tips that could save our children's lives from leading pediatric surgeon Dr. Kurt Newman (HEALING CHILDREN, Penguin Random House). So don’t forget to subscribe iTunes.com/AtomicMoms! About our Guest: "Jen Waldburger, MSW, and co-founder of Sleepy Planet Parenting and co-director of the Mindfulness program at Stephen S. Wise School. Coauthor of the award-winning book The Sleepeasy Solution and Calm Mama, Happy Baby, she has worked with adults, children and families for more than 20 years.” Waldburger has been our Atomic Moms go-to expert on “Sleep Learning” for our children ages 0-5 and our two part series on "Separation Anxiety”. Check out This Meditation App Featuring Jen Waldburger: evenflow.io Atomic Moms Listeners can use code EVENFLOW2017 to get a free trial month! Let's chat on social media: Instagram: @atomicmoms, Twitter: @atomicmoms, Facebook.com/AtomicMomspodcast

#86 Parenting expert and Atomic Moms mentor Jennifer Waldburger answers a million questions in this two-parter with host Ellie Knaus. In this episode Jennifer offers practical tips for both the “rejected” parent and the “preferred ” parent. We discuss what attachment means and the signs of a healthy attachment. And we take a long hard look at our need to be needed and also mommy separation anxiety. Co-founder of Sleepy Planet Parenting and co-director of Mindfulness at Stephen S. Wise School in Los Angeles, Jennifer has co-written “The Sleepeasy Solution” and “Calm Mama, Happy Baby”. Find out more about our guest at sleepyplanet.com. Subscribe on iTunes.com/AtomicMoms so you don’t miss PART TWO of this discussion. If you enjoy listening to this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes. It’s immensely helpful. (And afterwards, shoot me an email through atomicmoms.com so i can thank you!)