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24-542: John Loftus may refer to: John Loftus (military author) (born 1950), military author and radio talk show host John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely (1770–1845), peer and Member of Parliament in Ireland and the United Kingdom John W. Loftus (born 1954), atheist author and former minister Johnny Loftus (1895–1976), American jockey [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

48-636: A Collection Management & Conservation Wing. The Center for Jewish History is also an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution . In 2000, the Center for Jewish History was opened after a six year construction and planning phase. The center was created with the goal of creating synergies among the five member organizations, each offering a different approach to Jewish history, scholarship and art . This ambitious approach to building an archive dedicated to uniting different views of Jewish culture has formed

72-577: A distinction between documented war criminals and hangers-on and perhaps other less culpable collaborators. ... Still, The Belarus Secret is certain to be a valuable source book when Congress reopens hearings ... into allegations of a war criminal cover-up." Loftus previously had a radio show on Talkline Communications Network broadcast live every Monday and Tuesday from 11 pm to midnight EST in New York City , northern New Jersey , southern Connecticut , and Miami and Pompano Beach, Florida . His co-host

96-500: A key role. When the project collapsed, however, the Belarusians quickly settled in and obtained US citizenship – and intelligence agencies protected them from exposure for decades. The New York Times wrote: "there is a question as to whether the author in his zealousness may not have overstated some of his material. He says 300 Byelorussian Nazis and an 'even larger number of Ukrainian Nazis ' were smuggled in. But he fails to draw

120-428: A partnership with NYU 's Skirball Department for Hebrew and Judaic Studies to the benefit of both organizations. In the end, the center and Skirball decided not to move forward. In 2010, the Center for Jewish History was able to raise $ 30 million to retire its construction debt. The amount was raised and donated by the chairman and founder of the center, Bruce Slovin; co-chairmen William Ackman and Joseph Steinberg;

144-603: Is a four-building 125,000 square feet (11,600 m ) campus built around a courtyard that has a central entrance on 16th Street. The center is made up of four buildings from when the location served as the campus of the American Foundation for the Blind and two new buildings constructed by the center in 2000. The partners' collections include more than 100 million documents, 500,000 books, thousands of art objects, textiles, ritual objects, music, films, and photographs. Most of

168-475: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Loftus (military author) Loftus is an author of numerous books on a purported CIA - Nazi connection including The Belarus Secret and The Secret War Against the Jews , both of which contain material claiming a Bush - Rockefeller - Nazi connection. He currently writes a weekly column called "spyview" for

192-481: Is nonfiction, it was adapted into a TV movie, Kojak: The Belarus File (1985), with Telly Savalas . The Office of Special Investigations historian David Marwell described Loftus' book The Belarus Secret as "the worst kind of amateur history." Vital Zayka, a fellow of the Center for Jewish History in New York City , accused Loftus of falsification. The Israeli historian and Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff described

216-679: The American Jewish Historical Society , which had previously been a New York City-based institution prior to the early 1960s, was then located near Brandeis University in Waltham , Massachusetts . The Yeshiva University Museum was located in the Washington Heights neighborhood uptown. When it opened its doors to the public in October 2000, the center struggled with financial problems. In 2007, there were preliminary talks about

240-569: The Haredi Jewish magazine Ami . Son of a firefighter, Loftus was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Boston College ( BA , 1971) and Suffolk University ( JD , 1977). He served in the U.S. Army from 1971 to 1974, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant. He began working for the US Department of Justice in 1977 and in 1979 joined their Office of Special Investigations , which

264-690: The Fairholme Foundation; and 19 other donors. The fundraising efforts allowed the center to pay off its accrued debts. In 2012, the center received a top rating of four stars from the Charity Navigator non-profit evaluation service. In 2013, the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust awarded the center a $ 1.5 million grant to establish a reference services division. The center is located in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, and

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288-937: The Vatican's Nazi Networks Betrayed Western Intelligence to the Soviets (1992), The Secret War Against the Jews: How Western Espionage Betrayed the Jewish People (1994), Unholy Trinity: The Vatican, the Nazis, and the Swiss Banks (1998), America's Nazi Secret: An Insider's History of How the United States Department of Justice Obstructed Congress by: Blocking Congressional Investigations into Famous American Families Who Funded Hitler, Stalin and Arab Terrorists (2010). Although Loftus' first book, The Belarus Secret ,

312-631: The book as controversial and referred to Charles R. Allen Jr.'s review in Jewish Currents , in which Allen joined the active criticism of Loftus and named him a fraud and a liar. What Loftus had described as the Belarus secret is that many of the Belarus Brigade 's leaders, a unit incorporated into a German SS division , were assisted into the United States after World War II – thanks largely to

336-512: The early modern era in Europe and pre-colonial times in the Americas to present-day materials from across the globe. The center provides access to a comprehensive collection of historic archival materials, including those of: Franz Kafka , Theodor Herzl , Moses Mendelssohn , Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein . In addition to historical documents like the 1478 record of the trial of Simon of Trent ,

360-627: The efforts of Frank Wisner . In defiance of federal law, Loftus asserted, the Office of Policy Coordination helped obtain visas for Nazi collaborators from Belarus — who were believed to have facilitated numerous atrocities by the Nazi Germany . According to Loftus, it was all part of a Cold War scheme to wage guerrilla warfare in Soviet-occupied Europe , in which the Nazi collaborators were to play

384-416: The home was now owned by a family, who was then subjected to threats and vandalism and required police protection as a result of Loftus' words. Fox terminated Loftus's contract to commentate after the event. Loftus said "I thought it might help police in that area now that we have positively identified a terrorist," but he did not say why he did not contact police in a more direct manner. Loftus apologized for

408-511: The largest repository documenting the Jewish experience outside of Israel. The center's approach and large collection have led some to refer to it as the Jewish Library of Congress . In the late 1980s, Bruce Slovin, then chairman of YIVO , originated the concept of a unified center where academic-focussed partner institutions could share resources. The idea was triggered when he realized that

432-412: The materials held at the Center had previously been housed in the member institutions and were at risk of damage or destruction. The center is heavily involved with the preservation of records that define moments in Jewish immigration to New York City . A $ 670,000 grant awarded in 2007 helped to improve and crate a centralized catalog the all partner institutions' holdings. The collections range from

456-537: The mistake and expressed frustration about "one federal [agency's]" inaction on an earlier tip he had given them years ago due to the same address. Center for Jewish History The Center for Jewish History is a partnership of five Jewish history , scholarship, and art organizations in New York City , namely the American Jewish Historical Society , American Sephardi Federation , Leo Baeck Institute New York , Yeshiva University Museum , and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research . Together, housed in one location,

480-546: The partners have separate governing bodies and finances, but collocate resources. The partners' collections make up the biggest repository of Jewish history in the United States. The Center for Jewish History also serves as a centralized place of scholarly research, events, exhibitions, and performances. Located within the center are the Lillian Goldman Reading Room, Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute and

504-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Loftus&oldid=1161972324 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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528-419: The then home of YIVO , a mansion located at 86th and Fifth Avenue, was not able to meet the needs of its visitors or the proper storage of archival materials. The YIVO facilities at the time were not temperature controlled and resulted in an environment that was hazardous to the collection, and ultimately made archival study difficult. The Leo Baeck Institute was previously located at 129 East 73rd Street, and

552-405: Was John Batchelor . Loftus serves as a media commentator, appearing regularly on ABC National Radio and Fox News . He also writes weekly for Ami , an Orthodox Jewish weekly newsmagazine. On August 7, 2005, he provided the United States address of an alleged terrorist named Iyad K. Hilal on Fox News. Only afterwards was it revealed that Hilal had left the address three years previously and

576-511: Was charged with prosecuting and deporting Nazi war criminals in the US. Loftus' now-expired website claimed, "As a young U.S. Army officer, John Loftus helped train Israelis on a covert operation that turned the tide of battle in the 1973 Yom Kippur War ." Loftus is the author and co-author of several books on Nazis, espionage, and similar topics including The Belarus Secret (1982), Unholy Trinity: How

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