Jack Kemp and the Jews

Throughout his life, Mr. Kemp defied the old stereotype of conservatives who were indifferent to the concerns of racial or religious minorities.

As an American Football League star in 1965, he pressured the league to move its all-star game out of New Orleans because African-American players were excluded from the city's nightclubs. As secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1988 to 1992, he promoted projects to help disadvantaged inner-city residents. And in 2004, he played a leading role in a crucial fight against the rising tide of global anti-Semitism.

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