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No other rabbi has dominated the American and international scene in the way that Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise did. Pillar of Fire goes behind the headlines to reveal the complex and controversial personal relationship between Wise and Franklin D. Roosevelt when millions of lives hung in the balance during the Holocaust. It also explores Wise's relationships with both Woodrow Wilson and US Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis.

Produktbeschreibung
No other rabbi has dominated the American and international scene in the way that Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise did. Pillar of Fire goes behind the headlines to reveal the complex and controversial personal relationship between Wise and Franklin D. Roosevelt when millions of lives hung in the balance during the Holocaust. It also explores Wise's relationships with both Woodrow Wilson and US Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis.
Autorenporträt
A. James Rudin is the American Jewish Committee's Senior Interreligious Adviser and a distinguished visiting professor of religion and Judaica at Saint Leo University. He served as a United States Air Force chaplain in Japan and Korea. Since 1991 Rabbi Rudin has written commentaries for Religion News Service and has been a frequent guest on numerous national and international radio and television programs. He lives in New York City and Sanibel, Florida.