February 25, 2021
Harry Truman, Israel, and the Jews
What Harry Truman’s big decision can teach us about America and the Jews.
By Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
The above speech was given by Meir Soloveichik at the opening event for the inaugural cohort of the Truman Scholars program, a two-year track for outstanding 7th and 8th grade students in Orthodox Jewish day schools, which is overseen by Tikvah. In the speech, Rabbi Soloveichik examines the single most important decision Harry Truman made concerning the Jewish people, and what that choice can teach us about Truman, America, the Jewish people, and the state of Israel.
