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Jewish Organizations' Response to Communism and to Senator McCarthy (Hardcover, New)
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Jewish Organizations' Response to Communism and to Senator McCarthy (Hardcover, New)
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In February 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy launched an
anti-communist crusade that lasted for more than four years. His
attempts to unmask communists in the American administration and
governmental agencies gave rise to actions that infringed on
democratic procedure and civil liberties. As the Cold War grew,
fear of communism at home and abroad meant that minorities were
particularly under threat, as tensions and frustrations were
channelled towards the handiest scapegoats. American Jewish
organizations, that were having to come to terms with the Holocaust
in Europe, were forced to contend with the real possibility of a
serious anti-Semitic outburst at home. The Jewish presence in the
American Communist Party was conspicuous; although the overwhelming
majority of Jewish Americans did not sympathise with its politics,
there was concern that anti-communism would develop into
anti-Semitism. McCarthy's anti-communist campaign endangered the
very civil liberties that protected minorities, but criticism of
McCarthy and his actions could be interpreted as support for
communism.In order to convey the message that Jews were patriotic
Americans concerned about both national security and civil
liberties, Jewish organizations chose to present a united front,
whilst also cooperating with non-sectarian American bodies. By
doing so, they professed an alternative anti-communism to the
hardline McCarthy. This book sheds new light on McCarthy's
attitudes to the Jews, to the Jewish organizations and to the
Jewish individuals identified with communism.
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