Was President Roosevelt Jewish?

There was very little public pressure from the American people or from the US Congress to take action to increase immigration or to rescue European Jews. Introduction. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York, into a prominent family. read more

Franklin D. Roosevelt was very popular in Europe. I was stunned by the vehemence with which my first class Americans companions denounced Roosevelt as a traitor to his class. As for his Jewish origins, it should be remembered that Amsterdam was a Jewish center, and that many Jews emigrated from there to New Amsterdam (New York). read more

"The President's father married Sarah Delano; and it become clear. Schmalix (genealogist) writes: 'In the seventh generation we see the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as being of Jewish descent. The Delanos are descendants of Italian or Spanish Jewish family; Dilano, Dilan, Dillano. read more

In the meantime, in 1905, he had married a distant cousin, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, who was the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt. The couple had six children, five of whom survived infancy: Anna (1906), James (1907), Elliott (1910), Franklin, Jr. (1914) and John (1916). read more