You probably already know that John Kerry's paternal grandfather was ashamed of his Jewish ancestry. As the Boston Globe reported:

....Kerry's grandfather, Fritz Kohn, was born to a Jewish family here (Horni Benesov, Czech Republic), changed his name to Fredrick Kerry, and converted to Roman Catholicism before he immigrated to the United States in 1905. Kerry committed suicide in a Boston hotel washroom in 1921.

However, you may not have heard about John Kerry's bold decision to reclaim his heritage.

And there's a reason for that.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at June 10, 2004 09:03 PM

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