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This week on edJEWcation, we dive into a nearly forgotten chapter of Jewish history: the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry of 1946. Born out of the Harrison Report (which we discussed previously) and Truman’s pressure to open the gates of Palestine, this joint British-American commission investigated the plight of Holocaust survivors, Arab opposition, and the realities on the ground in Mandatory Palestine.
Jay and ChayaLeah unpack the committee’s findings, calls for 100,000 Jewish visas, the acknowledgment that no other country would take in Jewish refugees, and candid observations on Jewish resilience, Arab demands, and British reluctance. Along the way, we uncover unexpected details, from malaria maps that shaped partition lines to the striking language describing the Jewish mix of “pride and frustration.”
Why did the British ignore their own commission’s recommendations? How did Zionist advances in health and education widen the gulf between Jews and Arabs? And why does this report, once seen as pivotal, barely register in collective memory?
It’s a story of hope, betrayal, and the ongoing tension between Jewish pride and Jewish frustration, a snapshot of 1946 that still echoes today.
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This week on edJEWcation, we dive into a nearly forgotten chapter of Jewish history: the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry of 1946. Born out of the Harrison Report (which we discussed previously) and Truman’s pressure to open the gates of Palestine, this joint British-American commission investigated the plight of Holocaust survivors, Arab opposition, and the realities on the ground in Mandatory Palestine.
Jay and ChayaLeah unpack the committee’s findings, calls for 100,000 Jewish visas, the acknowledgment that no other country would take in Jewish refugees, and candid observations on Jewish resilience, Arab demands, and British reluctance. Along the way, we uncover unexpected details, from malaria maps that shaped partition lines to the striking language describing the Jewish mix of “pride and frustration.”
Why did the British ignore their own commission’s recommendations? How did Zionist advances in health and education widen the gulf between Jews and Arabs? And why does this report, once seen as pivotal, barely register in collective memory?
It’s a story of hope, betrayal, and the ongoing tension between Jewish pride and Jewish frustration, a snapshot of 1946 that still echoes today.

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