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Last year the Kerry camp leaked the stories about his Viet Nam friendly fire incident to the press, in order to make the issue a non-issue. (Please don't tell me that Kerry's folks weren't the ones who wrote the story; it's served him well by making it an "old news" item that won't get traction in the primaries).
Remember Hillary's handlers getting the story out that she had Jewish blood? Well, it's deja vu all over again with Kerry.
Here's the latest:
For Kerry, a Revelation on Roots
By Brian Faler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 4, 2003; Page A10
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) isn't the only presidential candidate with Jewish roots.
According to a report by the Boston Globe, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) has Jewish grandparents. Kerry had long known that his paternal grandmother was of Jewish origin. But the report that his paternal grandfather was Jewish was news to the 2004 presidential candidate.
"This is incredible stuff," Kerry said in a story published in Sunday's Globe. "I think it is more than interesting; it is a revelation."
The newspaper, which hired a genealogist to look into Kerry's family background, found that his grandfather, Frederick A. Kerry, was born Fritz Kohn, to Jewish parents in what is now the Czech Republic. Kohn changed his name around 1902, a few years before he immigrated to the United States, where he eventually settled in the Boston area. The elder Kerry later converted to Catholicism, the faith that was passed down to the senator.
The genealogist who conducted the study, Felix Gundacker of the Institute for Historical Family Research in Vienna, Austria, told the paper he is "1,000 percent" certain Kerry's grandfather was Jewish.
The report adds diversity and clarity to the senator's sometimes poorly understood family background. Kerry has long been stereotyped as a "Boston Brahmin," owing to his mother's connections to the storied Forbes and Winthrop families of New England. He has also been often misidentified as Irish American because of his surname and, perhaps, because he represents Boston and its large Irish American population. His brother, meanwhile, converted to Judaism two decades ago after marrying a Jewish woman.
But the report suggests Kerry was most struck by the new details on his grandfather's death. Kerry had known that it was a suicide, but knew little else about it. The paper reported that in 1921, Frederick Kerry walked into Boston's Copley Plaza Hotel, went into a bathroom and shot himself in the head.
"How many times have I walked into that hotel . . . ." the senator told the Globe.
Remember Hillary's handlers getting the story out that she had Jewish blood? Well, it's deja vu all over again with Kerry.
Here's the latest:
For Kerry, a Revelation on Roots
By Brian Faler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 4, 2003; Page A10
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) isn't the only presidential candidate with Jewish roots.
According to a report by the Boston Globe, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) has Jewish grandparents. Kerry had long known that his paternal grandmother was of Jewish origin. But the report that his paternal grandfather was Jewish was news to the 2004 presidential candidate.
"This is incredible stuff," Kerry said in a story published in Sunday's Globe. "I think it is more than interesting; it is a revelation."
The newspaper, which hired a genealogist to look into Kerry's family background, found that his grandfather, Frederick A. Kerry, was born Fritz Kohn, to Jewish parents in what is now the Czech Republic. Kohn changed his name around 1902, a few years before he immigrated to the United States, where he eventually settled in the Boston area. The elder Kerry later converted to Catholicism, the faith that was passed down to the senator.
The genealogist who conducted the study, Felix Gundacker of the Institute for Historical Family Research in Vienna, Austria, told the paper he is "1,000 percent" certain Kerry's grandfather was Jewish.
The report adds diversity and clarity to the senator's sometimes poorly understood family background. Kerry has long been stereotyped as a "Boston Brahmin," owing to his mother's connections to the storied Forbes and Winthrop families of New England. He has also been often misidentified as Irish American because of his surname and, perhaps, because he represents Boston and its large Irish American population. His brother, meanwhile, converted to Judaism two decades ago after marrying a Jewish woman.
But the report suggests Kerry was most struck by the new details on his grandfather's death. Kerry had known that it was a suicide, but knew little else about it. The paper reported that in 1921, Frederick Kerry walked into Boston's Copley Plaza Hotel, went into a bathroom and shot himself in the head.
"How many times have I walked into that hotel . . . ." the senator told the Globe.
