It had been 65 years since Henry Ford, the pioneer automaker and one of America’s most outspoken, hateful, and prominent anti-Semites, had yielded to pressure and ended his overt effort to promote the hatred of Jews.
Thanks, Arnie. I’m learning a lot. I spent my grade-school years in Storm Lake, where to the best of my knowledge there was only one Jewish family in town. They lived our neighborhood. I think the only reason I knew they were Jewish is that my friend talked about driving 70 miles to Sioux City to attend synagogue.
I was delighted to see you follow up on this story. One of my goals in writing the book was to inspire further research, and I was pleased with the alacrity with which you pounced on the story.
BTW, my book has been out for about six weeks, & is available at Beaverdale Books, Dogeared Books, & Prairie Lights.
Wow! What a story! And a timely tale about standing up for what is right.
Thanks, Arnie. I’m learning a lot. I spent my grade-school years in Storm Lake, where to the best of my knowledge there was only one Jewish family in town. They lived our neighborhood. I think the only reason I knew they were Jewish is that my friend talked about driving 70 miles to Sioux City to attend synagogue.
I was delighted to see you follow up on this story. One of my goals in writing the book was to inspire further research, and I was pleased with the alacrity with which you pounced on the story.
BTW, my book has been out for about six weeks, & is available at Beaverdale Books, Dogeared Books, & Prairie Lights.
I agree with Julie. Would that our Iowa political delegation in D.C. had even a tenth of this courage.