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Obama assassination column raises question: Why do some Jews see Obama as so sinister?

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. Listening in back are Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner, right. (Associated Press)
By URIEL HEILMAN
NEW YORK (JTA)–When news outlets began reporting last Friday that the owner of the Atlanta Jewish Times had published an opinion column [...]

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Foxman, Golubs will present anti-prejudice program at Proctors

Abraham H. Foxman (left), National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), will join Neil and Jane Golub for the program, Fighting Hate in Our Time, at 7 p.m., Thursday, June 16, at the General Electric Theatre at Proctors, 432 State St.
Foxman, a leading voice in the fight against anti-Semitism, bigotry and discrimination. He is in [...]

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American Jewish Congress to close doors: What the organization gave American Jews

By JEROME A. CHANES
NEW YORK CITY (Forward)–With the American Jewish Congress apparently closing its doors, there won’t be many mourners saying Kaddish. Instead, the prevailing communal sentiment will probably be: “We have too many agencies; one less will not matter.”
The serious financial problems that had plagued the AJCongress over recent decades became a mortal threat [...]

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