Next Week and the Future of Bipartisan Support for Israel
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February 24, 2020
The Jews Manuel Quezon rescued—and those he didn’t.
Near the end of the 1930s, when much of the world had closed its doors to Jewish refugees, the Philippine president Manuel Quezon decided to welcome Jews from Austria and Germany to his country. But the U.S. government, which in 1935 had granted autonomy but not complete independence to the Commonwealth of the Philippines, interfered with his efforts. Rich Tenorio writes:
Thank you. You have a right to exist, too.
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Cotton Mather’s Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion.
The Jews Manuel Quezon rescued—and those he didn’t.
Near the end of the 1930s, when much of the world had closed its doors to Jewish refugees, the Philippine president Manuel Quezon decided to welcome Jews from Austria and Germany to his country. But the U.S. government, which in 1935 had granted autonomy but not complete independence to the Commonwealth of the Philippines, interfered with his efforts. Rich Tenorio writes:
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