November 22, 1963: The Day LBJ Sent Emissaries to Kill All the Jews in the World

At my Jewish school in L.A., the news of Kennedy’s assassination sparked mass hysteria in anticipation of what was sure to follow: a pogrom against the Jews.

Nov 19, 2013 2:30 PM

I was 10 when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot, and like many other people around the globe who are old enough, I remember exactly...

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