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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (203865)	9/21/2006 7:18:18 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Isn't it about honesty? He could just decline to answer any such question. He didn't. He lied. Hey, Jewish, Muslim, Christian....I don't care...but if you are going to answer the question at all...tell the truth. After Clinton we were all warned about people just not telling the truth, even on matters that were not relevant to the job.

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (203865)	9/21/2006 9:56:10 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Well Itchy, if Allen's mother was a Jew, then by Jewish law, HE's a Jew too, and could move to Israel and become a Jewish citizen! Americans, especially good old boy southern redneck Americans, want to KNOW these things!

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (203865)	9/21/2006 9:59:48 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

His Mother left Judaism because of the horror in her life, what right did anyone have to make it an issue? Not exactly. At the table in Palos Verdes, Calif., Allen's mother, who is 83, said she told her son the truth: That she had been raised as a Jew in Tunisia before moving to the United States. She said that she and the senator's father, famed former Redskins coach George Allen, had wanted to protect their children from living with the fear that she had experienced during World War II. Her father, Felix Lumbroso, was imprisoned by the Nazis during the German occupation of Tunis. ... Allen's mother said she first began concealing her Jewish roots after meeting her future husband, afraid that she would not be accepted by his parents and fearful that her religion could harm his budding coaching career, which started at Whittier College, a school in Southern California founded by Quakers. "He didn't want me to tell his mother," she said of the elder George Allen. "At that time, that was a no-no, to marry outside the church." Allen died in 1990. washingtonpost.com