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Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum, NYC Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise during a United Jewish War Effort event on W. 42nd Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on this photograph, what was one way Jewish Americans responded to the Holocaust?

2. How did the United Jewish War Effort shape American Jewish identity during the war, particularly in terms of solidarity for European Jews? 

3. How did the UJWE coordinate with other U.S. governmental and non-governmental organizations, including the U.S. government and the Red Cross?

Sources

Tenenbaum, S. (1943). Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum stands with Fiorello LaGuardia and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise in front of a medical field unit sponsored by the United Jewish War Effort that is being sent to the Soviet Union. [Photograph Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum stands with Fiorello LaGuardia and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise in front of a medical field unit sponsored by the United Jewish War Effort that is being sent to the Soviet Union.]. https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa21675