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Allen’s Mom
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Forward contributing editor E.J. Kessler couldn’t get any response from Senator George Allen’s office when we were working on a story about his mother’s Jewish roots. But Allen’s campaign spokesperson, Dick Wadhams, recently told the Washington Jewish Week that mother, Etty Allen, was “raised in a Christian home” — but didn’t know which denomination.
