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| '''Macacawitz''' was a ] term used for incumbent ] ] during the campaign for the ]. It was a ] of "]," a slur used by Allen on August 11, 2006, and ''"-witz,"'' a common ending of Ashkenazi ]s<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401762_pf.html | work=The Washington Post | title=Democratic Organizer Quits After Calling Allen 'Macacawitz' | accessdate=2010-05-12}}</ref><ref>, Julia Gorin, ]</ref>. | |||
| On September 19, ] used the name "Felix Macacawitz", referring to Allen's middle name (after his maternal grandfather Felix Lumbroso), as a headline for a post in the ''National Review'' blog "The Corner."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODBiODMwNzYyMjA2ZmU3YTVjNTdjYjhmMmZjMWQ2YWY| title=Felix Macacawitz| publisher=National Review|work=The Corner|date=2006-09-19|accessdate=2006-10-30|last=Podhoretz |first=John}}</ref> According to Podhoretz the term "Macacawitz" caught on in political circles almost immediately.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OWFkNmQzODY3M2UxNmI4ZDE0MDM0N2Q4Y2RhMWMyMmM| title=Podhoretz gets results!| publisher=National Review|work=The Corner|date=2006-10-05|accessdate=2006-10-30|last=Podhoretz |first=John}}</ref> On October 4, Meryl Ibis, a field organizer for ] congressional candidate ], ] after she used the slur in an email to supporters of Weed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401762.html |title=Democratic Organizer Quits After Calling Allen 'Macacawitz' |date=2006-10-05 |last=Craig |first=Tim |accessdate=2006-10-30 |page=B02 | work=The Washington Post}}</ref> | |||
| It had been revealed on August 25 that Allen's mother was probably Jewish{{ndash}}she would have been a Tunisian Jew, a ] North African community in which ] Jewish surnames are actually virtually non-existent.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092001965.html | work=The Washington Post | title=Allen's Mother Revealed Jewish Heritage to Him Last Month | first=Michael D. | last=Shear | date=2006-09-21 | accessdate=2010-05-12}}</ref> | |||
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