Word: jewishness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Said Mr. LaGuardia shortly after being sworn in as Mayor in 1934, "My mother undoubtedly had Jewish blood in her veins, but I never thought I had enough in mine to justify boasting about...
...Since this was the best proof of German discrimination Mayor LaGuardia presented last week, Berlin's Angriff, personal newsorgan of Minister of Propaganda & Public Enlightenment Dr. Paul Josef Goebbels. thundered against "NEW YORK'S JEWISH MAYOR.-. . . It is to be expected that American authorities will look thoroughly into the activities of LaGuardia and his wire pullers in the world metropolis of Jewry! . . . We expect with certainty that the United States and their President will draw a distinctive line between themselves and this peace-disturber LaGuardia...
...became obstinately convinced that her Royal Family is descended from Biblical King David. Today Emperor Power of Trinity is as obstinately convinced that his ancestors sprang from the loins of Biblical King Solomon, son of David. Thus British and Ethiopian royalty would be related by a faint strain of Jewish blood. George V, who does not share his grandmother's enthusiasm for King David as an ancestor, last week let himself be invested by Dr. Martin with the gold chain of the Ethiopian Order of King Solomon, and Queen Mary received the gold chain of the Order of Saba...
Quick as chameleons to make names match their surroundings, Jews in Palestine were reported last week to be rapidly changing to names more Jewish. One Leslie John Martin, who adopted that name as useful in the U. S., last week in Jerusalem was happy again as Joshua Goldstein...
Jammed with such changes is the current Palestine Gazette which notes that Jews with non-Jewish names are thumbing through the Bible in search of the most authentic and highly Jewish names obtainable. Jewesses who have been called "Fanny" are turning in a great tide to the more beautiful "Zipora...