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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_KerryJohn Kerry - Wikipedia

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   John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of Barack Obama.

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3. forward.com › news › 6385Czech Records Tell the Story of How Jewish Kohn Became ...

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   OPAVA, Czech Republic — Ever since The Boston Globe broke the story of Senator John Kerry’s Jewish roots last year, the rise of the humble Kohn family of Silesia to Boston Brahmanism has been...

4. www.haaretz.com › jewish › 2012/12/21When Kerry Was Kohn: The Jewish Roots of John Kerry

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   Dec 21, 2012 · 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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6. www.nytimes.com › 2004/05/16 › usKerry's Grandfather Left Judaism Behind in Europe - The New ...

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   May 16, 2004 · Sen John Kerry's grandparents, Frederick and Ida Kohn, converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism and then changed name to Kerry in 1901, before emigrating from Czech region of...

7. chicago.suntimes.com › city-hall › 2013/11/19John Kerry: The Jewish Chicago roots of the incoming ...

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   Nov 20, 2013 · The maternal roots of presidential hopeful Sen. John Forbes Kerry (D-Mass.) go back to colonial Massachusetts. What Kerry did not know was that his paternal grandfather, born Fritz Kohn, came to ...

8. jweekly.com › 2003/02/07 › john-kerry-has-jewishJohn Kerry has Jewish roots -- who knew

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   Feb 7, 2003 · Two of Kerry's grandparents were Jewish, it turns out. Kerry, who is a practicing Catholic, said he has known for 15 years that his paternal grandmother was Jewish, but had unsuccessfully searched for news of his paternal grandfather's roots.

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   Who was Fritz Kohn?

   • In the now-heavily publicized ledger, we found a man named Fritz Kohn, born a Jew in 1873 in the town of Horni Benesov (then Bennisch) to Benedict Kohn, and, on the very last page, appended to the ledger, is a notation that “Kohn, Fritz” received permission on March 17, 1902, from Viennese authorities to change his surname to Kerry.

   Czech Records Tell the Story of How Jewish Kohn Became Catholic Kerry

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   Did John Kerry rebuke Israel and call settlements a threat to peace?

   • "Kerry Rebukes Israel, Calling Settlements a Threat to Peace". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017. ^ "Israel-Palestinians: Netanyahu Condemns John Kerry Speech". BBC. December 29, 2016. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

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   Was Kohn a Kohen?

   • Kohn was of course a Kohen, a member of the priestly class, which led me and my friend Aron Ivo and photographer Ahron Weiner to the Jewish cemetery in nearby Krnov, one of two Jewish cemeteries in the area that were in service during the 19th century and the probable burial place then for Jews from Bennisch.

   Czech Records Tell the Story of How Jewish Kohn Became Catholic Kerry

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   Who were The Kohns in the 1880s?

   • The only Kohns on record in their house in the 1880s are the family members of Bernhard Kohn, the third son of Benedict, who took charge of Beck’s brewery after his father left. In Opava, there are records of three of his children by a woman named Hermine Kolban: Bruno (born 1880), Alfred (born 1882) and Richard (born 1887).

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   What happened to Fritz Kohn?

   • Later, Fritz Kohn left for America, changed his first name to Fredrick, and eventually shot himself in the head in a Boston hotel, leaving behind a few hundred dollars in stock and a Cadillac. Thoughtful, balanced reporting from the Forward and around the web, bringing you updated news and analysis of the crisis each day.

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10. www.timesofisrael.com › newfoNewfound Jewish roots gave Kerry a ‘deep’ bond with Israel

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    Feb 20, 2014 · US Secretary of State John Kerry says his feelings toward Israel changed 10 years ago, after he found out that that he had Jewish grandparents. “It’s a connection that’s deep. I lost a...