[Hacksaw]

Dissing and dismantling the holiday became more a left-wing cause when the late Howard Zinn, a political science professor at Boston University, spent the first chapter of his 1980 book, "A People's History of the United States," flaying Columbus.

from Wikipedia: "Zinn was born to a Jewish immigrant family in Brooklyn on August 24, 1922."

[hoosierham]

Remember that to a devout Jew,Christians worship a false Messiah.So it is logical they wish to minimize recognition of Him.Not Jew bashing,just the truth.