{"id":82164,"date":"2015-12-13T16:40:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T00:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=82164"},"modified":"2015-12-13T16:40:23","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T00:40:23","slug":"henry-kissinger-conflicted-jew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=82164","title":{"rendered":"Henry Kissinger – Conflicted Jew"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tabletmag<\/a>: Critics grumbled about the three S\u2019s: that he married a shiksa on Shabbes and served shrimp\u2014a pained judgment on his second wedding to the tall, blonde, well-bred WASP Nancy Maginnes. Kissinger fueled perceptions of self-hatred by rudely ignoring old friends who called him \u201cHeinz\u201d or tried to \u201cbagel\u201d him\u2014today\u2019s shorthand for the Jewish tendency when out in public to connect, subtly or otherwise, with a fellow member of the tribe. But, as befits an intellectual swashbuckler who coined memorable phrases such as \u201cpower is the ultimate aphrodisiac,\u201d Kissinger distanced himself from his Jewish roots with damning wisecracks. \u201cIf it were not for the accident of my birth, I would be anti-Semitic,\u201d he once quipped, and \u201cany people who has been persecuted for two thousand years must be doing something wrong.\u201d Another time, he told a friend, \u201cI was born Jewish, but the truth is that has no significance for me. \u2026 America has given me everything.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tabletmag: Critics grumbled about the three S\u2019s: that he married a shiksa on Shabbes and served shrimp\u2014a pained judgment on his second wedding to the tall, blonde, well-bred WASP Nancy Maginnes. Kissinger fueled perceptions of self-hatred by rudely ignoring old … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t