Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. SENATOR. Well, I don’t know, overly sensitive, but he was sensitive.
Mr. HUBERT. Is he more sensitive than other Jews that you have known?
Mr. SENATOR. I would say he is; yes.
Mr. HUBERT. With reference to his religion, did he practice it actively?
Mr. SENATOR. As far as going to church, synagogue?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. SENATOR. He went to church; he went to synagogue on holidays.
Mr. HUBERT. That is, Jewish holidays?
Mr. SENATOR. Oh, yes; always.
Mr. HUBERT. He wasn’t one who went regularly then to synagogue?
Mr. SENATOR. This I don’t know. I would have to leave this question
because I don’t know.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, you lived with him.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. During the time that you lived with him did he ever
indicate or did you gather that he was a regular churchgoer?
Mr. SENATOR. They go on Friday nights.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you ever see any pattern of his going on Friday nights
regularly?
Mr. SENATOR. No, I have never seen a pattern of it. Now I don’t say
that he has or hasn’t been. Maybe he has at certain times and probably
not on other times. I don’t say this is every Friday night that
he goes, no. I wouldn’t say that. But he does make, you know, the
important holidays.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you consider him to be a religious man?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t know how, to tell you the truth, I don’t know how
to break it down for you, how religious he is. Now we never went into
an aspect to talk about just how religious he is. All I can say is that
he observes as to holidays.
Mr. HUBERT. He never told you anything which would indicate that he was
either religious or not religious.
Mr. SENATOR. No. Well, I think he fasts on a certain type holiday.
He fasts, for this kind of fast it is really something, but he does
observe those things.
Mr. HUBERT. You mean not the regular Saturday fast?
Mr. SENATOR. No. This is the one time of the year you fast. You don’t
eat anything for 24 hours. I know he does that.
Mr. HUBERT. I think it is a good time for recess.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let me ask one question here. Does he belong to any lay
organizations connected with any of the synagogues in town?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t know if he belonged to them or not. This I can’t
know. But I think he went—it was Temple Emanuel. I don’t know which one
he went to. I think it was Temple Emanuel.
Mr. GRIFFIN. To your knowledge, do you have any knowledge of his ever
participating in any activities, Jewish activities?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. B’nai B’rith?
Mr. SENATOR. I would probably say maybe in donations or something like
that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Other than giving money he didn’t belong to the
synagogue’s men’s clubs?
Mr. SENATOR. No, not to my knowledge.
Mr. HUBERT. Supposing we take a recess now until 2 o’clock.
(Whereupon, at 12:35 p.m., the proceeding recessed.)
TESTIMONY OF GEORGE SENATOR RESUMED
(The proceeding reconvened at 2 p.m.)
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