[6][8] He held honorary doctoral degrees from Hebrew Union College and Yeshiva University,[6] both in New York City.

[9] In Paper Walls, Wyman discusses the combination of antisemitism, nativistic nationalism, economic crisis and isolationism that made rescue inconceivable.

[9] In his later work, Wyman contended that the attitude of American Jews during the Nazi era was to be faulted, and that the approach of the Bergson Group was the correct one.

[8] In his book, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941–1945, Wyman writes "Today I remain strongly pro-Zionist and I am a resolute supporter of the state of Israel.

"[8] He concludes this particular paragraph with a statement that manages to capture Wyman's pro-Zionist views in just a single sentence: "Had there been a Jewish state in the 1933 to 1945 era, it would be much less painful today for all of us to confront the history of European Jewry during World War II.