Edwin Black is a Washington, D.C. – based investigative journalist.
His books, available on Amazon, include:
* British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement: The West’s Secret Pact to Get Mideast Oil
* Nazi Nexus: America’s Corporate Connections to Hitler’s Holocaust
* The Farhud: Roots of the Arab-Nazi Alliance in the Holocaust
* The Transfer Agreement: The Dramatic Story of the Pact Between the Third Reich and Jewish Palestine
* War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America’s Plan to Create a Master Race
Before, During, and After the Holocaust—from Africa to Berlin to North Carolina (c) By Edwin Black In recent years, some in the African-American community have expressed a disconnect to Holocaust topics, seeing the genocide of Jews as someone else’s nightmare. After all, African-Americans are still struggling to achieve general recognition of the barbarity of the […]
Nazi Policy and Black Victims Read More »
Edwin Black, International, Jewish History, USABy Edwin Black JERUSALEM — For a hard-core segment of travelers to Jerusalem, when the sun sets at the Sabbath, the magic in the air is not just the serene image of a peaceful dusk in an enchanted land. It is the empowering knowledge that the sun still shines on a Jewish State surrounded by
Israel as a geopolitical tourist destination Read More »
Edwin Black, Middle East, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (SDJW) – During the month of August, San Diego Jewish World was privileged to publish works by the following writers and photographers. We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you and to publicly express our appreciation. To access works by these contributors on San Diego Jewish World, type or copy their name into the
A hearty thank you to SDJW’s August contributors Read More »
Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Edwin Black, Eileen Wingard, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Michael Ordman, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shor M. Masori, Shoshana Bryen, Steve KramerEditor’s Note: Below, you see investigative reporter Edwin Black’s original Jonathan Pollard article published 13 years ago in 2002. For this scoop, Black visited Pollard in prison, at that time the first journalist to do so, plus Black extensively interviewed his attorneys and reviewed their evidence, and also interviewed then ex-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Casper Weinberger, and many other
The Jonathan Pollard case in review Read More »
Edwin Black, Middle East, USABy Edwin Black WASHINGTON–When the last plaintive shofar blast echoed through the Washington D.C. Convention Center of the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Policy Conference extravaganza of support for Israel, July 13–14, 2015, it was not the record attendance of 5,000 fired-up pro-Israel Christians that marked a turning point for the 10-year old group. Nor
CUFI plans all-out campaign against N- deal Read More »
Edwin Black, Middle East, USANEW YORK — Looking back after 50 years of service to the Anti-Defamation League, retiring national director Abraham Foxman expressed passionate worry to journalist Edwin Black about the safety and security of Jews overseas and Israel’s position in the world. Excerpts from his exit interview follow, edited and condensed for continuity, clarity, and length. Edwin
Foxman looks back on 50 years with the ADL Read More »
Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USA
SAN DIEGO (SDJW)—San Diego Jewish World acknowledges and thanks those writers whose bylines and photo credit lines appeared during the month of June and the first few days of July on its website. They included: David Amos Stephen Hazan Arnoff Laurie Baron David Bedein Edwin Black Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Garry Fabian Donald
SDJW thanks June, early July contributors Read More »
Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Edwin Black, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Michael Ordman, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shor M. Masori, Shoshana Bryen, Steve KramerBy Edwin Black UNITED NATIONS, New York–While I was speaking to the packed room, a woman I did not know, sitting in the front row, slowly shook her tear-stained head in disbelief and muttered softly … barely audible … “I never thought I would hear these words in this building.” The woman, it turns out,
The Farhud–Holocaust in Arab lands–marked at U.N. Read More »
Edwin Black, International, Middle EastEDITORS NOTE: All details of Edwin Black’s Passover coverage are taken faithfully from Exodus, Chapters 5-15, plus Rashi’s Commentary. By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Approximately two million Children of Israel are now encamped in the Sinai following their extraordinary exodus from Egypt yesterday. Just days ago, they were slaves to Pharaoh. Today, they
If news services had written up the Exodus Read More »
Edwin Black, Jewish ReligionBy Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. –At the moment, the world remains unsure what deal may yet emerge from negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. Iran’s R-265 spheroidal three-stage warheads are almost ready to load into Teheran’s Shahab-3 missile nosecones. The Shabab-3 missiles, remonikered from their North Korean origin, are designed to airburst at a
How ordinary consumers can help stop Iran Read More »
Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USABy Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional legislators were astonished last year to learn that the Palestinian Authority was issuing monthly payouts totaling $3-7 million as salaries and other financial rewards to specific terrorists and their families. The money was channeled, in part, through the Ministry of Prisoners pursuant to the Law of the Prisoner. The
How the P.A. pays for murder, terror Read More »
Edwin Black, Middle East, USA
By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — The controversial New Israel Fund and its social change and political lobbying organization known as SHATIL, have received more than $1 million from the State Department under a program designed to create political change, reform, and activism in the Middle East. The government program, Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), has
State Dept. provides over $1m for activism in Israel Read More »
Edwin Black, Middle East, USA