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EST 1917

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For months Barack Obama has been the target of a persistent Internet campaign to paint him as a secret Muslim radical. In an effort to dispel the smear, his campaign has dedicated a whole page on its website to debunking such claims: Obama never prayed in a mosque. He has never been a Muslim, was […]

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A few days ago JTA carried a short news item about an article in The New Republic reporting on racist and anti-Semitic writings which appeared in “Ron Paul” newsletters in the 1980s and 1990s. Well, today the Republican presidential candidate did damage control in an interview with Wolf Blitzer.

I just got back from a meeting with Jay Footlik, and he may be the Jewiest congressional candidate we have seen in a long time. Wearing a red “bendel” – otherwise known as a kabbalah string – around his wrist, Footlik met with me at a restaurant a couple of doors down from his campaign […]

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