During his long career, Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise received letters
with only two words written on the envelope: “Rabbi USA.” But
the United States Postal Service was never in doubt about the
intended recipient: there was only one “Rabbi USA.” No other
rabbi before or since Wise has dominated the American and the
international scene with such passion and power. Both his admirers
and opponents—there was no shortage of either
group—acknowledged him as the premier leader of the American
Jewish community and a major political figure. Pillar of Fire goes
behind the headlines and the once-closed archives of the White
House and the State Department to reveal the complex and
controversial personal relationship between Wise and President
Franklin D. Roosevelt when millions of lives hung in the balance
during the Holocaust. It also explores Wise’s remarkable
relationships with both President Woodrow Wilson and United States
Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis. Finally, the book
describes how Wise’s extraordinary actions in the realm of social
justice and human rights permanently influenced every clergyperson,
seminary, and house of worship in America.
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