By Ted Belman
Francisco Gil-White unmasks the Jewish leadership in How the mainstream Jewish leadership failed the Jewish people in World War II. This chapter deals with the failure of such leaders as Reform Rabbi Stephen Wise as opposed to the valiant efforts of Peter Bergson among others to avert or lessen the holocaust.
As a specific example of this failure, he posted the entire book called Perfidy by Ben Hecht. Hecht, according to Wikipedia was a very prolific and prominent screenwriter in the first half of the 20th Century. In addition,
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He became an active Zionist shortly before the Holocaust began in Germany, and as a result wrote articles and plays about the plight of European Jews, such as, We Will Never Die in 1943 and A Flag is Born in 1946
Hecht attended the trial of Malchiel Gruenwald in 1953 in Israel. He was charged by the Government of Israel with slandering one Dr Rudolf Kastner by writing that he collaborated with the Nazis and contributing to the death of 400,000 Hungarian Jews in WWII when Kastner served as a major leader of the Jewish Agency Rescue Committee in Hungary. One wonders why the Government of Israel brought the lawsuit rather than Kastner.
Hecht’s account of the trial is riveting. What started as an open and shut case for the government ended up in a decision that vindicated Gruenwald and condemned Kastner along with the Jewish Agency.
The Supreme Court of Israel overturned most of the judgment in January 1958, stating in a 4–1 decision that the lower court had “erred seriously,” but not before Kastner had been assassinated.
I urge you to read this fascinating account.
This book discloses that “failure” is too kind a word for the activities of Kastner and the Jewish Agency. Perfidious is more apt.
a really well done report, very convincing and well reasoned.
mrzee Said:
. You are absolutely right. I corrected the text. The SC or Israel overturned most of the decision after Kastner’s assassination.
I believe it was Kastner, not Greenwald who was murdered before the appeal could be heard.
@ bernard ross:
You think?
Shy Guy Said:
I do not understand how in a small country like Israel elected politicians can operate clandestinely against the interests of the electorate without any transparency. this is not a security issue therefore on what basis is the secrecy and withholding of consultation with the people of Israel. the place that really needs a “spring” is Israel.
@ bernard ross:
I think I copied one line too many.
Nonetheless, I posted it following shy’s comment, and knowing that you are now reading some of chamish articles.
As I have said before, it is mind boggling
the phoenix Said:
the link subject was the dangers of a nuclear iran???
@ Shy Guy:
@ Bernard Ross
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From Barry chamish
I had my older children read my copy of Perfidy in our home.
Here! Have some fresh perfidy! Just about right for Shabbat Chazon.