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University professor Emil Fackenheim,
recanted, saying that when he signed
the letter, he had seen only the first
controversial Roth op-ed.
"But his complete record available
to me now causes me to withdraw my
recommendation...His record of judg-
ments, in particular about the
Holocaust itself, has been so consis-
tently poor as to make him, in my
view, quite unsuitable for this sensitive
post."
In his resignation letter to acting
Museum director Sara Bloomfield,
Roth wrote that "As I continue to
reject the distorted allegations that
some interpreters of my scholarship
and beliefs are making, I have decided
that my happiness and well-being—
family, professional and personal—will
be served best by my remaining at
Claremont McKenna College."
Roth retained the support of key
Holocaust Council members, and he
was backed by former research direc-
tor Michael Berenbaum, a top
Holocaust scholar, who actively cam-
paigned against his accusers.
"In no way did this museum
encourage him to resign," Bloomfield
said on Tuesday. "In fact, members of
the Council and the staff were strong-
ly encouraging him to come to
Washington."
In a letter to Roth in response to
his resignation, Bloomfield praised the
scholar's role in helping create the
Center.
Bloomfield insisted that the affair
will not damage the museum's acade-
mic stature, but said that "obviously
the politicization of the museum that
we've seen in this is a matter of great
concern to all of us. But in the long
run, I'm not worried; I don't believe
any individual or group has the power
to derail this institution.
Bloomfield pointed to the continu-
ing success of the Museum as a tourist
attraction and to a host of programs
organized by the new academic
Center, including a three-week "mas-
ter class" for college professors who
teach courses on the Holocaust and an
upcoming conference of key scholars
to assess the overall field of Holocaust
study and research.
Roth first came under fire for a
Los Angeles Times op-ed in which he
compared the rise of Israel's Moledet
party, which favors expulsion of the
Arabs, to Nazi policy in 1938.
Critics said he was comparing Israel
to the Nazis; supporters insisted he
was making a more specific compari-
son, but many expressed discomfort