John Kerry Has Jewish Roots-- Who Knew?

Jewish Telegraphic Agency ^ | 2/03/03 | PETER EPHROSS

[PJ-Comix]

I can't understand why Madeline and Kerry have lied about their ancestors.

I don't buy for a minute that Albright and Kerry discovered late in life that they were Jewish. I am positive they knew it from the get-go. Notice how Kerry claimed that he found out his grandmother was Jewish 15 years ago (actually it was probably from childhood) yet his ex-wife says their kids only learned recently about their Jewish roots after the newspaper story about it last year. Also didn't Kerry's father have the LEAST BIT OF CURIOUSITY about why his last name was Kerry yet his parents spoke in distinctly NON-IRISH accents? Believe me, John F-ing Kerry knew about his roots for at least the past 50 years.

[PJ-Comix]

I'm with you. How hard would it have been for Master John to say, " Father,if we're Irish,how come we don't celebrate St Patrick's Day and why does Grandmother speak Yiddish ? " Either Kerry is extremely thick or he tried to hide his background. This doesn't pass the smell test.

BINGO!

[Revolting cat!]

Having descended from Adam and Eve don't we all have Jewish roots? Or were Adam and Eve Christian and nudists as the cat proposed on another thread not too long ago?

[Revolting cat!]

Oddly, most Jews who change their names in the entertainment business change them to Irish names.

Like Whoopi Goldberg!

[Dante3]

Kerry is such a liar. Just like the medals he threw away turned out to belong to someone else. At the debate he reminded me of the Grim Reaper. He and Clark are creepy.

[PJ-Comix]

One other element in all this. When Ketchup Boy was at Yale, you had to be a Blueblood (WASP) to be member of the elite Skull & Bones (at least back then). If they had known that Kerry was Jewish on his father's side, NO Skull & Bones. As a matter of fact, back then Kerry would have been excluded from a lot of other organizations and schools such as his exclusive boarding schools because of his background. I can can absolutely guarantee you that Ketchup Boy DID know about his REAL background from his early youth but hid it in order to keep his affiliation with the elite organizations and his lofty place in society.

Hmmm....Let's see---Your last name is Kerry in heavily Irish (and ethnocentric) Boston yet your Dad (who remembers his parents speaking in distinctly non-Irish accents) tells you that you're NOT Irish. So we are to believe that Kerry (a snob) had absolutely NO CURIOUSITY about his background? I mean hardly a week would go by in Boston that somebody wouldn't hear his last name and say something like, "Oh, you're Irish?" So what did Kerry reply? "No, I'm not." To which the NATURAL response would be, "So what are you doing with an Irish last name?" And in ALL that time, we are to believe that Kerry didn't have the least bit of curiousity about how he had an Irish last name but was not Irish? I mean the obvious thought to even somebody who isn't a snob would be "Okay, I have an Irish name but I'm not Irish. So WHAT am I and how did I get the Irish moniker?"

[labolarueda]

Not a very smart man Kerry. Should have kept this news under cover. Hopefully it will cost him some votes, but not much since Jews are a numerical minority.

[nmh]

Obviously trying to get the Jewish vote. Next week, he'll probably have a black aunt and uncle. The following week he'll have a hispanic great grandparent. Next he'll have gay nieces and nephews. Well that should cover it!

[nmh]

What a coinkeedinkee! Hildabeast "discovered" her own Jewish roots when she was trying to win her Senate race.

Precisely what I was thinking ... She's about as Jewish as a sauerkraut.

[PJ-Comix]

I think you're missing the point. Kerry didn't want it known that he was Jewish on his father's side but it came out because he attracted closer scrutiny due to his presidential bid. Kerry claims that he knew his grandmother was Jewish for the past 15 years but had absolutely no idea about his grandfather (Ketchup Boy wants us to believe he was too stupid to connect the OBVIOUS dots). Also Ketchup Boy's first rich wife said she was surprised to learn that her kids with Kerry were of Jewish background only AFTER the info about Kerry's Kohn grandpa were revealed last year. So, despite the fact that Kerry knew about his grandmother being Jewish (and I'm sure he knew all about his grandpa as well from early youth) he NEVER informed his own children about this, despite his claim about knowing of her background for 15 years. Could we call this Kerry's Kosher Koverup?

[nmh]

Actually Heinz ketchup IS Kosher! No kidding. Heinz people have a brochure that lists all their kosher products. I truly find it hard to believe that Kerry didn't know his roots. Maybe he was ashamed of the Jewish connection ... hence the silence on it.