American Jews joined forces with leaders of other faiths to demand that Iran’s president be held accountable for calling for Israel’s destruction. The Ad Hoc Coalition for Justice, an interfaith group formed in the aftermath of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Oct. 26 call to destroy Israel, held a news conference and rally in New York on Wednesday across from the Iranian Mission to the United Nations.
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