“They clearly had better Daas even though Jabotinsky claimed to be an atheist and Schoenberg was a recent baal tshuvah from 35 years of living as a Christian.”
Charlie- I don’t know if I would say that had better Daas (whatever daas means, wisdom?)… I think it just means that they understood the political and international ramifications of the Nazi rise to power better. That wouldn’t surprise considering that they were involved in that world a lot more than the Gedolim were. I don’t think the Gedolim’s knowledge of Torah gave them nevuah to prophetically understand how powerful the Nazis are. It just gave them more insight what to do in a given situation… once they truly understood that situation.