The Anti-Defamation League is criticizing a Southern Baptist leader who compared Judaism to a “deadly tumor.” Al Mohler’s comments that warning Jews about the danger of their beliefs is “the ultimate act of Christian love” demonstrates the “dangers of the Southern Baptist effort” to convert Jews, the ADL’s national president, Abraham Foxman, said in a statement.
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