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Jewish Telegraphic Agency

EST 1917

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader whose 1984 comments undercut Jewish relations, dies at 84

Jackson’s use of an antisemitic slur, criticism of Israel and association with Louis Farrakhan created a chill that only partially thawed despite attempts at reconciliation.

Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson

NYC’s new antisemitism czar says she aims to ‘expand the communal table by pulling up additional chairs’

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