The Simon Wiesenthal Center wants a Japanese TV commentator fired after he alleged on air that “Jews were targeted for anthrax attacks because they control the U.S. media.” Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the center’s associate dean, demanded that the TV station apologize to its viewers and the Jewish community, which has not specifically been the target of such attacks.
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