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Macacawitz was a pejorative term used for incumbent U.S. Senator George Allen during the campaign for the United States Senate election in Virginia, 2006. It was a portmanteau of "Macaca," a slur used by Allen on August 11, 2006, and "-witz," a common ending of Ashkenazi Jewish surnames.
On September 19, John Podhoretz used the name "Felix Macacawitz", referring to Allen's maternal grandfather Felix Lumbroso, as a headline for a post in the National Review blog "The Corner." According to Podhoretz the term "Macacawitz" caught on in political circles almost immediately. On October 4, Meryl Ibis, a field organizer for Democratic congressional candidate Al Weed, resigned after she used the slur in an email to supporters of Weed.
It had been revealed on August 25 that Allen's mother was probably Jewish–she would have been a Tunisian Jew, a Sephardic North African community in which Ashkenazi Jewish surnames are actually virtually non-existent–and therefore Allen was ethnically Jewish, according to traditional Jewish law.
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- Democratic Organizer Quits After Calling Allen 'Macacawitz' - washingtonpost.com
- CaliforniaRepublic | The Trouble with 'Macacawitz' by Julia Gorin | Conservative Opinion - Popular Culture - Hollywood
- Podhoretz, John (2006-09-19). "Felix Macacawitz". The Corner. National Review. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
- Podhoretz, John (2006-10-05). "Podhoretz gets results!". The Corner. National Review. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
- Craig, Tim (2006-10-05). "Democratic Organizer Quits After Calling Allen 'Macacawitz'". p. B02. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
- Allen's Mother Revealed Jewish Heritage to Him Last Month - washingtonpost.com
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