Holocaust Historian and Author

Rafael Medoff

10 articles 2015–2018

Rafael Medoff is a historian and founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. He is the author of numerous books on American responses to the Holocaust, U.S. foreign policy toward Israel, and Jewish political history. His contributions to The Weekly Standard, published between 2015 and 2018, focused on Holocaust remembrance, U.S.-Israel relations, and contemporary political debates involving Jewish and Middle Eastern affairs.

Columbia vs. the Jews, Again

May 8, 2018 · Israel, Columbia University

The president of Columbia University this week criticized Israel for expelling an American professor who endorses Palestinian terrorism. That’s the same Columbia University which has never apologized for expelling a student who protested the university’s friendly relationship with the Nazis in the…

Emails Reveal Commemorating Holocaust Was Too Burdensome for DNC

July 27, 2016 · email, Rafael Medoff, Holocaust

The deputy director of the Democratic National Committee opposed issuing a statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day earlier this year—because then the DNC might have to issue statements commemorating the mass murder in Darfur and Rwanda, too. Gosh, genocide can be such a bother sometimes!

Was The DNC's Bernie Email Right After All?

July 25, 2016 · Democratic National Convention, Judaism, Convention 2016

The Democratic party has been plunged into turmoil over an email focusing on, of all things, whether or not Bernie Sanders believes in God. It's a remarkable turn of events, considering that Sanders has tried so hard to avoid talking about that very subject.

Kerry Warns: Jews Will Be Blamed If Congress Sinks Iran Deal

July 26, 2015 · Israel, Barack Obama, Jews

Secretary of State John Kerry's warning that Israel will be "blamed" if Congress opposes the Iran agreement conjures up troubling memories of other instances in which Israel or Jews were warned they might be blamed for international conflicts.

Longtime Obama Official Rewrites Bush's Letter on Israel

June 29, 2015 · Israel, Barack Obama, Rafael Medoff

A veteran Obama Mideast adviser is claiming President Obama's position on a Palestinian state is no different from that of President George W. Bush--and he has effectively rewritten a key Bush letter on Israel in order to prove his point.

Kerry's State Department Whitewashes Palestinian Incitement

June 26, 2015 · Hamas, Israel, Rafael Medoff

The State Department's practice of downplaying Palestinian incitement has reached a new low, with its latest report whitewashing not only the Palestinians' behavior but also Secretary of State John Kerry's own words on the subject.

'Letter of 47' Not the First Time Senators Have Intervened in Foreign Policy

March 10, 2015 · Rafael Medoff, John Kerry, Senate

"In 36 years in the United States Senate, I cannot recall another instance" in which senators intervened in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy,” Vice President Joe Biden declared, outraged by the "open letter to the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran," signed by 47 Republican senators. 

When Israeli Labor Prime Ministers Were Targeted By Washington

February 13, 2015 · Israel, Rafael Medoff, history

Benjamin Netanyahu is not the first Israeli prime minister to find himself at odds with Washington. In fact, several prime ministers from the Labor Party, Netanyahu's traditional rival, have suffered the wrath of an angry American president.