Despite its founder's anti-Semitism, Jews have always been part of the Ford Motor Company. Now, as the car maker celebrates its 100th birthday, some are questioning if anti-Semitism ever existed. AUTO FOCUS: Henry Ford has long been assailed as an anti-Semite and lauded as the father of the assembly line. One hundred years after its founding, and following a whirlwind of publicity and hoopla surrounding its Centennial observance, Ford Motor Company remains a powerful worldwide industrial force, and its famous founder remains an enigma to the Jewish community. The company, incorporated June 16, 1903, has grown from its first full...
