Sen. Kerry Finds Grandfather Was Jewish

NY Times ^ | 2/3/03

[aristeides]

But in this case the records in Bennisch allegedly show that the change of name occurred there (to correct myself on a more careful reading, in 1902, but I still find it almost impossible to believe somebody there would have changed his name to Kerry at that time.)

[Little Bill]

My sister just bought a place in Fla, got anything going on down there? Conversely I bought a place in NH, ain't nothing going on up here yet, there is room for improvement, and there is always Maine, My son has a place up there.

[mountaineer]

Isn't there a county in Ireland called Ketchup?

Yes, it's where this stuff is made.

[snippy_about_it]

Geez Liz, you almost made me choke on a potato chip! I really should know better than to eat or drink and freep at the same time. :)

How cute that his grandfather changed his name to Kerry on St. Patrick's day. Things that make you go hmmmmm.

[metesky]

Lieberman/Kohn - 2004

[Howlin]

:-)

[JulieRNR21]

My sister just bought a place in Fla, got anything going on down there? Conversely I bought a place in NH, ain't nothing going on up here yet, there is room for improvement, and there is always Maine, My son has a place up there.

Depends on the meaning of 'anything'.......LOL

We have sunshine & 70 today......makes me content. Visited and gave our tourist money to NH last August after bypassing Jumping Jim's Vermont!

[metalurgist]

He can fight back by hiring Cynthia Mckinney's father. He's out of a job and will work cheap. Farrakan is probably burning up the phone lines to Rev. Al volunteering his help. Everyone knows it's a Jooooish conspiracy.

[Revolting cat!]

At his Baptism he had a black God Father.

...and a gay pastor.

... and his mother was a disabled pro-choice lesbian who aborted him!

[texasbluebell]

Fascinating story, thanks for posting.

And as an extra added bonus--we get to spot the misspelling in the very first line--you'd think the NYT would have a better spell-checker!

Hey, NYT, it's spelled genealogist, good grief.

[areafiftyone]

LOL

[judicial meanz]

Its the Halacha that determines a person is Jewish if they are of matrilineal descent.

The Israeli law of return extends to grandchildren of Jewish people. He would have citizenship rights ( maybe) but he wouldnt be considered religiously Jewish.

[wideawake]

Yup. Once they can "prove" they have jewish ancestry, they can say: "Sure I hate Israel and do everything I can to undermine it, but it's OK - I'm Jewish!"

[PJ-Comix]

Any info as to Kerry's paternal grandmother? Was she Irish or what was she?

[aruanan]

Gundacker said he is ``1,000 percent certain'' that Kerry was born to a Jewish family.

But if his grandmother and mother weren't Jewish, then he isn't. Well, except for political purposes. What was that business with Hillary discovering her Jewish rhizomes?

[Miss Marple]

I am not disputing that geneological records got messed up during immigration. My own great-grandfather was the ONLY Protestant with his surname in the entire USA. Everyone else with that name was Jewish. We found a newpaper article that said he had converted to the Methodist Church (odd phrasing in Indiana...most would simply say "joined").

However, I am Senator Kerry's age and have known this for over 30 years, because we were working on our family ancestry. Senato Kerry is not talking about his great-grandfather, but his GRANDFATHER. One would think he would have had a bit of curiosity before now.

[Howlin]

LOL!

[Blazing Saddles]

Ain't that the truth!!!

[scouse]

Kerry was born to a Jewish family. The birth of a son to Benedikt Kohn, a ``master brewer,''

That's a good lineage

[Howlin]

Geez, I wonder what the F. really stands for!