A U.S. congressman is complaining about a New York Times ad that insinuates that he supports turning eastern Jerusalem over to the Palestinians. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has written a letter of complaint to Rabbi Michael Lerner of Tikkun magazine, whose full-page ad in Wednesday’s Times listed Frank among speakers at a Teach-in to Congress planned for next month.
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