JFK left Jews a special reason to mourn

... both had Jewish immigrant grandfathers. In the closing days of the 1960 campaign, Kennedy held separate rallies in New York's garment district with David Dubinsky's International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and with the rival Amalgamated Clothing ...

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