Several Jewish organizations are being checked for contamination after anthrax spores were found in the Manhattan office of New York Gov. George Pataki, which is located in the same midtown building. The groups — the Reform movement’s Union of American Hebrew Congregations and ARZA/World Union, along with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency for Israel — together have approximately 325 employees.
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