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To: taildragger; Alouette

I saw those posts, though thank you for pointing them out. I am heartened by them, and pleased that Ford employs Jews, without prejudice I am sure, though my expectation was nothing less. I am quite sure that many Jews drive Ford products, also.

Still, I have been part of the Jewish community since my marriage 34 years ago, and have raised Jewish children. Although Henry Ford's antisemitism is hardly the staple of everday conversation in the Jewish community, I've heard his name come up in a negative light often enough over the years to understand that there is resentment among many Jews toward both the man and the corporation. In the corporation's case, it is almost certainly not justified. And it may not be a majority of Jews who are resentful of Ford, but the awareness of Henry's antisemitism is pretty strong, IMO.

I've known Jews, and this includes, but is not limited to, every member of my wife's family, who have alway refused to buy a Ford.


103 posted on 02/14/2007 6:59:13 AM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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To: Sam Cree

I think refusing to buy a Ford because Henry was an anti-Semite is one of the stupidest things I ever heard of.

There are other reasons for not buying a Ford, such as, inferior products, although I hope that will turn around. The Fusion and the Escape are high-quality products that have outscored Camry and Accord.


109 posted on 02/14/2007 7:08:13 AM PST by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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To: Sam Cree

FWIW, my earliest memories include riding in the Ford my parents owned, when I was 3 years old....

OTOH, my father was a Jewish kids from Brooklyn, who registered Republican, straight out of high school (beating his classmate, Norm Podhoretz by a good several decades).


138 posted on 02/14/2007 8:03:47 AM PST by Celtjew Libertarian
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To: Sam Cree

Another exception chiming in - Jew, Conservative (Canadian), married to a Republican (American), drive an Explorer - and on days like today I'm glad to have the 4WD.

BTW - Jackie Mason used to have a very funny stand-up act about Jews who drove Caddies being relieved Mercedes were German engineered.


163 posted on 02/14/2007 10:44:43 AM PST by timsbella (Mark Steyn for Prime Minister of Canada! (Steve's won my vote in the meantime))
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