When Kerry Was Kohn: The Jewish Roots of John Kerry

The new nominee for secretary of state only found out about his Jewish grandfather while running in the 2004 presidential election.

Dec 21, 2012 11:46 PM

BOSTON – Senator John Kerry, with his mother’s New England patrician pedigree and his Irish last name actually has a grandfather who was born a Jew in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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