Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ken Burns’ documentary busts myth that Americans didn’t know about Nazi atrocities
By Yonat Shimron — September 16, 2022
(RNS) — The series, which debuts Sunday (Sept. 18), shows Americans heard on the radio and read in the newspapers about Nazis' rising hostility to Jews, culminating in the Final Solution.
Raphael Warnock honored with Four Freedoms award in ‘extra step’ for racial justice
By Adelle M. Banks — October 15, 2021
(RNS) — FDR’s granddaughter said of Warnock: ‘his voice is consistently counseling, teaching, making himself vulnerable in order to help the rest of us make sense of the world.’
Rare Winston Churchill paintings of historic mosque, cathedral up for auction
By Joseph Hammond — February 11, 2021
(RNS) — Paintings by the former British prime minister of St. Paul's Cathedral in London and the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech will be put on sale at Christie’s.
Did a prominent wartime rabbi fail European Jews?
By Yonat Shimron — May 31, 2016
(RNS) At the epicenter of this intense debate is the controversial relationship between FDR and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.
Senate approves prayer plaque for World War II monument
By Kimberly Winston — June 6, 2014
(RNS) Hailed by some religious and veterans groups, the Senate vote was another in a string of recent losses for secular activists who oppose the inclusion of a prayer on public property.
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