The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies

10/05/2026

October 7, Three Years Later: What Have We Learned? Register here: https://wisdomwithoutwalls.org/rafael-medoff-2/
Join historian Dr. Rafael Medoff for a sharp, unflinching conversation examining the political failures, military realities, and human consequences that continue to shape Israel and the Jewish world. This timely discussion challenges assumptions, surfaces hard truths, and asks what must change moving forward.

09/18/2026

Dr. Rafael Medoff's latest article--When Celebrities Endorsed a Different “Free Palestine”

When many of America’s leading celebrities called for a “Free Palestine” eighty years ago this week, they were talking about freeing Palestine from British occupation, in order to establish a Jewish state.

09/03/2026

Dr. Rafael Medoff's latest article--"Does Jewish Existence Conflict with Human Survival?"
Unlike Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, most Jews still consider the existence of the Jewish people, and the Jewish state, to be a Jewish value. They’re proud to be Jews—and they’re equally proud of the role Jews have played in human history.
https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/391725/does-jewish-existence-conflict-with-human-survival/

Unlike Dana Nessel, most Jews still consider the existence of the Jewish people, and the Jewish state, to be a Jewish value. They’re proud to be Jews—and they’re equally proud of the role Jews have played in human history.

07/28/2026

Historian Dr. Rafael Medoff tells Judith why he refused his publisher's demand to denounce Israel in 'Cartoonists Against the Holocaust.'

Historian Rafael Medoff tells Judith why he refused his publisher's demand to denounce Israel in 'Cartoonists Against the Holocaust.'

07/10/2026

New York Post article about controversy over Dr. Medoff's book.

A book about the Holocaust was “canceled” after the author said he refused his editor’s insistence that the introduction include criticisms of Israel for committing “war cri…

07/06/2026

Dr. Rafael Medoff's new article, "The Archbishop and the Terrorists"

To judge by the photos and remarks she posted on her website, she spent a good deal of time in the company of two supporters of a terrorist group—and had only praise for them.

06/24/2026

Dr. Rafael Medoff's new article in the New York Post (California edition).

A man and his child were kicked out of a cafe because they were Jewish. Oakland, in 2024? Brooklyn, last week? Or N**i Germany, 90 years ago? Try all three. In Oakland, Abdulrahim Harara, own…

06/23/2026

Dr. Rafael Medoff's new article on J.D. Vance, FDR, and the Jews

Vance is not the first political leader to lose his temper because somebody, somewhere, criticized a policy of his. And it’s not the first time the vice president has tried to bully an American ally through the tactic of public shaming.

06/19/2026

Dr. Rafael Medoff's article for Juneteenth--the link between an enslaved Black artist and a Jewish painter in Auschwitz.

The families of Dina Babbitt and Dave the Potter have each sought the return of their work.

05/05/2026

Lag B'Omer at the Pyramids, in 1942

The little known story of how in May 1942, dozens of Jewish soldiers lit a Lag Ba'Omer bonfire in the shadow of the pyramids, dancing and singing in honor of Rashbi and Jewish independence.