Rep. Michael Edelstein, who died of a heart attack in 1941 minutes after giving a speech denouncing antisemitism Photo by US Government Printing Office By Frederic Frommer June 03, 2022 In the months before America entered World War II, Jews were sometimes accused of trying to drag the country into war. Eighty-one years ago, on June 4, 1941, a Jewish congressman named Michael Edelstein rushed to the House floor to defend his people against such accusations from a racist lawmaker – only to die of a heart attack minutes later. The long-forgotten incident took place just six months before the...