Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

I watched the 1947 movie Gentleman's Agreement last night, which is about a reporter (Gregory Peck) who pretends to be Jewish for 8 weeks in order to experience antisemitism and write about it. What was particularly interesting was the clash between him and his fiance' (Dorothy McGuire) over the idea that she denied being antisemitic, but yet, she acted like it was a curse to be Jewish. For instance, when the widower Peck's son comes home from school and tells of being slurred and slammed for being Jewish, she reassures the boy by saying, with despair in her voice,  "Don't worry; it's not true; you're not really Jewish."  Gregory Peck's character was not pleased with that.  

Another interesting thing is that they didn't hesitate to portray it as a matter of being Jewish versus being Christian, implying that the reason Jews are disliked is precisely because they aren't Christians. 

If you are wondering about the title, it refers to the idea that businesses, such as hotels and country clubs, may not have an official policy of rejecting Jews, but they have a "gentleman's agreement" that they won't accept Jews.  

There is still antisemitism in this country, but there aren't any hotels that reject Jewish patrons. That has been unlawful since 1964 with the passage of the Civil Rights Act.  

So, if the movie came out in 1947, it must have been shot in 1946, which was just one year after the end of World War 2. So, after all the suffering and deaths of Jews in World War 2, which was still very fresh, you'd think that antisemitism would have lightened up a bit. 

But, the reason I am bringing this up is because I am wondering if Jack Ruby's Jewishness was a factor in choosing him to be the patsy in the Oswald murder.  After all, Oswald had an unfavorable association for being a Communist. And that was no accident. They definitely wanted to play that card for all that it was worth. So, was it similar for Jack Ruby in his being Jewish?

And you should realize that Ruby wasn't just Jewish in his family and culture and ethnicity. He was a devout Jew. He took his religion very seriously. He practiced it. I have Jewish friends, and most of them are like me: non-religious. It's one of the reasons we're friends. But, Ruby really was devout. And it's important because in Judaism, as in Christianity, "Thou shalt not kill" is one of the commandments. So, am I saying that a devout Jew would be less likely to wantonly murder someone? Yes, that's what I'm saying, that the idea that he suddenly lost control and compulsively shot Oswald doesn't make sense. Yet, it's the only way his having shot Oswald can be logically conceived. If he had planned to shoot Oswald, he would have gotten there on time. And if he had planned to shoot Oswald, he would have known that he wasn't going home or back to his clubs, so he would have made arrangements. In other words, he would have "gotten his affairs in order." And if he had planned to shoot Oswald, and others were involved, they would have had to kill him right away because they never could have trusted him to keep his mouth shut. 

So, there is NO CHANCE that Ruby had any plan of shooting Oswald, either on his own or with others. And the idea that he did it compulsively, in disregard of all the moral precepts in which he was immersed his whole life, doesn't make sense either. What makes sense is that he didn't do it, that the reason he had no memory of shooting Oswald is because he didn't shoot him. 

And it isn't in doubt. You only have to look at the images of the Garage Shooter to realize that he had features that conflict with those of Jack Ruby. His height, the length of his neck, his hair (which was surely a toupee') and even his socks (he wore light, dressy socks) conflicted with what we know about Jack Ruby.
The Garage Shooter was absolutely and positively not Jack Ruby, and it doesn't matter what anybody says to the contrary. The images rule. Do you hear me? I'll say it again: The images rule.

The more I study Jack Ruby (and filtering out all the phony bull shit that he was a gangster, a hit man, a pimp, a gun runner, and an addict for throwing people down stairs) the more I realize that he was childlike; he was decent; and he was fundamentally good. Here he is tap dancing with a young black lad. Jack Ruby didn't kill Oswald. He didn't have it in him to kill anybody. Period.