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For the Jewish world, the 1930s was a time of escalating crisesthe rise of the Nazis, increasing Arab enmity, and the hardening of British policies in Palestine. Reexamining controversial episodes in modern Jewish history, Abraham Edelheit offers the first systematic institutional analysis of the Yishuvs responses to the imperative of saving European Jewry from the growing Nazi threat. Drawing on a wealth of archival research, this book will be essential reading for all those interested in the history of the Holocaust. }For the Jewish world and the Yishuv in particular, the 1930s was a time of escalating crisesthe rise of the Nazis and their antisemitic policies, the declining fortunes of Eastern European Jewry, increasing Arab enmity, and the hardening of British Mandatory policies in Palestine. Reexamining some of the most controversial episodes in modern Jewish history, this invaluable study offers the first systematic institutional analysis of the Yishuvs responses to the imperative of saving German and European Jewry from the growing Nazi threat between 1933 and 1939. Drawing on a wealth of archival research and a thorough knowledge of the secondary literature, this informative, important book will be essential reading for all those interested in the history of the Holocaust. }