Siteadmin, Check users, nsTeam1RO, nsTeam1RW, nsTeam1_talkRO, nsTeam1_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
30,650
edits
Changes
Talk:Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (view source)
Revision as of 19:55, August 28, 2009
, 19:55, August 28, 2009keep sending, buddy - I'm on your wavelength
:::Joe Kennedy did use anti-semitic language privately, but he also was the person who tried--and succeeded--in getting the Catholic Church to silence the radio priest Charles Coughlin, who was broadcasting anti-semitic attacks every week. The context is that there was a terrific battle going on inside the Democratic party, 1930s-1950s, in major states (New York especially) between the more conservative Irish Catholics (led by Kennedy) and the much more radical-leftwing Jews (who led the American Labor Party and the garment unions). They had very hard words about each other: ''Anti-Semite! Anti-Catholic!'' The Jews were especially bitter about Kennedy because he was an isolationist in 1940. Our article on [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] touches on this (ER was not Jewish but they were her base in NY, where she fought the Irish hard.) See for example [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abie's_Irish_Rose Abie's Irish Rose, which tried to defuse the tension with humor.] Ron Bayor has written a major book on the conflict[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 14:51, 28 August 2009 (EDT)
:::Joe Kennedy did use anti-semitic language privately, but he also was the person who tried--and succeeded--in getting the Catholic Church to silence the radio priest Charles Coughlin, who was broadcasting anti-semitic attacks every week. The context is that there was a terrific battle going on inside the Democratic party, 1930s-1950s, in major states (New York especially) between the more conservative Irish Catholics (led by Kennedy) and the much more radical-leftwing Jews (who led the American Labor Party and the garment unions). They had very hard words about each other: ''Anti-Semite! Anti-Catholic!'' The Jews were especially bitter about Kennedy because he was an isolationist in 1940. Our article on [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] touches on this (ER was not Jewish but they were her base in NY, where she fought the Irish hard.) See for example [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abie's_Irish_Rose Abie's Irish Rose, which tried to defuse the tension with humor.] Ron Bayor has written a major book on the conflict[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 14:51, 28 August 2009 (EDT)
::::TK, based on RJ's response, I'm getting the idea that there's more to history than, "Are you, or are you not, a liberal?" Let's take advantage of Prof. Jensen's vast knowledge - and more importantly - his willingness to devote countless hours to this project. :-) --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 15:55, 28 August 2009 (EDT)