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Statues of Henry and Clara Ford look over the garden at their historic Fair Lane home in Dearborn, Michigan, September 2, 2026. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
September 15, 2026, 5:32 am
‘Long overdue’: Newly restored Henry Ford home will confront his antisemitism
Curators at Fair Lane, the pioneering industrialist’s historic manor, say conspiracy-laden ‘newspaper’ and other antisemitic expressions to be addressed when museum reopens next year
By Andrew Lapin
A political drawing depicting the trial of Aaron Sapiro (at right) v. Henry Ford. (Courtesy of Gaylen Ross and Carol King)
January 21, 2026, 4:31 pm
New documentary depicts the lawsuit that humbled Henry Ford – and revved up US Jewry
After its world premiere at the Miami Jewish Film Festival on Sunday, ‘Sapiro v. Ford’ is making the Jewish festival rounds
By Rich Tenorio
An illuminated Ford company sign shines on the sidelines of a works meeting at the company's Germany site in Cologne, December 10, 2024. (Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance via Getty Images)
December 31, 2024, 7:20 pm
Ford apologizes for X post declaring ‘Israel is a terrorist state’
Dearborn-based carmaker says account was ‘briefly compromised,’ investigation underway into pro-Palestinian statements against Israel
By PHILISSA CRAMER
An AI-generated Joseph Goebbels responds in the Historical Figures Chat app. (Twitter photo screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 19, 2023, 7:14 pm
Chatbot denounced for generating remorseful responses from top Nazi figures
History professor says app makes excuses for Joseph Goebbels, who in chat claims to have ‘vehemently opposed’ violence against Jews, ‘publicly denounced’ their mistreatment
By Michael Horovitz
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks at the group's 2018 National Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images via JTA)
October 8, 2022, 1:50 am
ADL chief favorably compares Elon Musk to antisemite Henry Ford, then thinks again
Jonathan Greenblatt calls Tesla CEO the ‘Henry Ford of our time,’ after his organization repeatedly condemned the automotive pioneer, but later says ‘the reference was wrong’
By Ron Kampeas
The ghost of Henry Ford, played by John Lepard, kills time on Detroit’s People Mover in '10 Questions for Henry Ford.' (Andy Kirshner)
July 29, 2022, 4:52 pm
Henry Ford’s ‘ghost’ opens up about his infamous antisemitism in new art documentary
A century after the publication of ‘The International Jew,’ filmmaker Andy Kirshner revives the automaker in ’10 Questions for Henry Ford,’ screening at the SF Jewish Film Festival
By Rich Tenorio
Illustrative: The frontispiece of a 1912 edition of the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion.' (Wikipedia/ Public Domain)
September 2, 2020, 10:12 pm
100-year old hoax: Why the ‘Protocols’ is still a hit with anti-Semites
Fantasy of a surreptitious Jewish stranglehold on the international economy and on mass media proves to be the most durable forgery in modern history
By Stephen Whitfield
US President Donald Trump speaks at Ford's Rawsonville Components Plant that has been converted to making personal protection and medical equipment on May 21, 2020, in Ypsilanti, Michigan. (AP/Alex Brandon)
May 22, 2020, 9:45 am
Trump lauds notorious anti-Semite Henry Ford’s ‘good bloodlines’
Anti-Defamation League calls on US president to apologize for extolling American industrialist who printed copies of ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ and inspired Hitler
By Eric Cortellessa
An exhibit at the National Archives marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, in a photo taken Feb. 5, 2020. (National Archives photo by Susana Raab via JTA)
February 8, 2020, 3:43 pm
At Ford-sponsored Auschwitz exhibit, no sign of founder’s role in Nazi machine
Exhibition at US National Archives to mark 75 years since liberation of death camp makes no mention of Henry Ford-owned company using slave labor to build German trucks during war
By Ron Kampeas
Father Charles Coughlin, known as 'the founder of hate radio,' a leading proponent of American anti-Semitism during the 1930s (Public domain)
November 7, 2019, 9:23 am
Anti-Semitism in the US today is a variation on an old theme
At times unintentionally, at times with malice aforethought, the old hatred of the Jews keeps finding its way back into the American conversation
By Pamela S. Nadell
Barbara Griffiths, age four (Courtesy Barbara Klemens Griffiths)
September 10, 2019, 3:46 pm
How a missing girl and an atmosphere of hate brought a blood libel to US shores
In 1928, 4-year-old Barbara Griffiths got lost in a NY town. In his new book, Edward Berenson examines how the incident became America’s first, and only, blood libel case
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Henry Ford (Hartsook, Library of Congress)
February 2, 2019, 11:39 pm
US history group defends article on Ford’s anti-Semitism after editor fired
Dearborn Historical Commission says journal should be sent to subscribers and that mayor should reverse decision to ax reporter who wrote piece on motor company founder
By AP
A Jewish family stands outside of their ransacked home following the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. (public domain)
April 9, 2018, 5:05 am
How a small pogrom in Russia changed the course of history
Until the Holocaust, the Kishinev pogrom of 1903 was the archetype for anti-Jewish persecution, according to a new book about the massacre’s long afterlife
By Matt Lebovic
Prof. Jonathan Sarna in an interview following a lecture hosted by the Jewish Federations of North America at Jerusalem's Beit Avichai, on May 28, 2017. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
June 12, 2017, 9:00 pm
Historian Sarna warns of anti-Semitic backlash in US if Kushner indicted
‘It’s good for Jews to worry,’ says renowned American Jewish scholar, while drawing parallels between the news and past events
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks on August 19, 2015 in Derry, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
December 16, 2015, 4:58 am
Is Trump really a fascist, or just an ugly capitalist?
Salon columnist says while candidate’s style may be off-putting, Nazi comparisons are way overboard
By Ron Kampeas
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