In this issue: FDR and the Question of Israel; International Holocaust Remembrance Day Film Screening; Becoming FDR with Jonathan Darman; You're Invited to FDR's Birthday Party; FDR's Lucky Rabbit's Foot; Mrs. Roosevelt Goes to the UN.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS
The Last Mission – FDR, Ibn Saud and the Question of Israel
Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow David Woolner examines FDR's active interest in the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, which brought him head-to-head with the British government. Moderated by FDR Library Director Emeritus Paul Sparrow.
A rebroadcast from the 2021 Morgenthau Holocaust Collections Project Conference (1 hour and 20 minutes).
After retirement, Holocaust survivors Saul Dreier and Reuwen Sosnowicz form a klezmer band and perform around the world in memory of those who perished. An International Holocaust Remembrance Day film screening.
Journalist and historian Jonathan Darman examines how midlife infection from the polio virus upended Franklin Roosevelt's life, transformed his character, and created his powers as an inspiring and compassionate leader. Book signing to follow.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
You're Invited to FDR's Birthday
Rose Garden & Wallace Center
January 30, 2023
3pm
The National Park Service will hold a Rose Garden Ceremony to commemorate Franklin Roosevelt's Birthday. Following the ceremony, the FDR Presidential Library will invite attendees to return to the Wallace Center for birthday cake and refreshments. Free public event.
"The Boss was superstitious" wrote FDR’s personal secretary Grace Tully, "particularly about the number thirteen." He even carried this rabbit’s foot charm during the 1932 campaign for good luck.
The first United Nations General Assembly took place in January of 1946. Eleanor Roosevelt, at the request of President Harry Truman, joined the first US delegation to attend.
"Whatever our individual circumstances or opportunities, we are all in it, and our spirit is good... and do not let anyone tell you anything different." FDR, Oct 12, 1942, fireside chat.
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