"For the Jews—Life or Death?"

Editorial

By: I.F. Stone

Date: June 10, 1944

Source: Stone, I.F. "For the Jews—Life or Death?" The Nation 158, no. 24, June 10, 1944, 670–671.

About the Author: Born in Philadelphia, Isidor Feinstein (1907–1989) did not wait long before making a name for himself in journalism. By the age of 14, Feinstein had published his first newspaper, a left-leaning journal titled The Progress. The young writer attacked racism and human rights abuses—topics he would continue to cover passionately for the next 65 years. In response to growing anti-Semitism in Europe and the possibility that it would spread across the Atlantic, he changed his name to I.F. Stone in 1937. Stone wrote for liberal publications such as The Nation and PM during the 1930s and 1940s but remained a fiercely independent journalist. His most famous works came after World War II...

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