A prominent New York synagogue disassociated itself from an awards ceremony it is hosting for an American Jewish supporter of Yasser Arafat. Congregation B’nai Jeshurun said that a group called Jews for Racial and Economic Justice is honoring Adam Shapiro, not the synagogue itself, as the New York Sun reported.
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