The chareidim had very little power, as Rabbi Steven Wise of the Reform Movement thwarted their efforts with the government. If You read the book about Mike tress, it becomes clear that thy tried as much as they could, but couldn’t do as much as they wanted. Faced with a limited number of visas, they had to triage and focus on the ones who would help rebuild Yiddishkeit. At the time, people were saying that Orthodox Judaism would die, replaced by movements like Conservative Judaism which would appeal to the younger generation. The rabbis who were saved from the holocaust rebuilt Orthodox Judaism both here and in Eretz Yisroel, and it is flourishing today. Anyone who ever knew these rabbis testified to their selflessness. The Vaad Hatzalah made the right choices, although it must have been very tough for them.
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