▁Foreign ▁Affairs ▁entitled ▁" The ▁Hol oca ust , ▁America ▁and ▁American ▁Jew ry " ▁precip itated ▁a ▁bitter ▁debate ▁between ▁him , ▁Rafael ▁Med off ▁( W yman ▁Institute ) ▁and ▁Alexander ▁J . ▁Gro th ▁( Univers ity ▁of ▁California , ▁Davis ), ▁on ▁what ▁the ▁US ▁Government ▁and ▁the ▁Jews ▁of ▁America ▁could ▁and ▁could ▁not ▁have ▁done ▁to ▁rescue ▁the ▁Jews ▁of ▁Europe . ▁ ▁At ▁Y ad ▁V ash em ▁Professor ▁B auer ▁stated ▁that ▁H ille l ▁K ook ▁( Peter ▁Berg son ), ▁founder ▁and ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁based ▁Emer gency ▁Committee ▁for ▁the ▁Res cue ▁of ▁European ▁Jew ry ▁( a . k . a . ▁Berg son ▁Group ), ▁did ▁not ▁save ▁anyone . ▁ ▁Christian - J ew ish ▁relations ▁Conc ern ing ▁Pope ▁Bened ict ▁XVI ' s ▁pil gr image ▁to ▁Israel ▁and ▁Jordan , ▁B auer ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁Pope ▁meant ▁well ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁walk ▁the ▁tight ro pe ▁between ▁Arab - Pal est in ian - Mus lim ▁and ▁Palest in ian - Christ ian ▁en m ity ▁toward ▁Israel ▁and ▁the ▁Jews ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁hand , ▁and ▁the ▁collect ive ▁tra uma ▁of ▁Jews ▁in ▁Israel ▁and ▁elsewhere ▁regarding ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁on ▁the ▁other . ▁ ▁Pub lished ▁works ▁ ▁Author ed ▁books ▁ ▁The ▁initial ▁organization ▁of ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁surv iv ors ▁in ▁Bav aria , ▁Jerusalem : ▁Y ad ▁V ash em , ▁ 1 9 7 0