U.S. Immigration Policy and the Jewish Refugee Crisis of the 1930s

Ron Berger — George Santayana famously said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The mere act of remembering, however, does not guarantee that the lessons of history will be learned. Thus, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day of January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump engaged in two actions that remind us of Santayana’s warning. One was his call for remembering “the … Continue reading U.S. Immigration Policy and the Jewish Refugee Crisis of the 1930s