A pleasant message, but one with overtones that might have disturbed some American Jews (or Jewish Americans) at the time. In describing "the American nation" as among the friends and well-wishers of "the Jewish people," where did that leave the Jews of America? My maternal grandfather, an Ohio Republican like Harding who proudly identified himself in 1922 as Orthodox, anti-Zionist, and American, might have been among those taking exception. On the other hand, his future wife, also American born but a lifelong Mizrachi adherent, might not have been bothered at all.
The G stands for Gamaliel, of course.
ReplyDeleteA pleasant message, but one with overtones that might have disturbed some American Jews (or Jewish Americans) at the time. In describing "the American nation" as among the friends and well-wishers of "the Jewish people," where did that leave the Jews of America? My maternal grandfather, an Ohio Republican like Harding who proudly identified himself in 1922 as Orthodox, anti-Zionist, and American, might have been among those taking exception. On the other hand, his future wife, also American born but a lifelong Mizrachi adherent, might not have been bothered at all.
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