1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgStaffhttps://www.jta.org/author/birarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oAVwSTK3u8"><a href="https://www.jta.org/2015/04/01/ny/rabbi-riskin-clarifies-remarks-iran-not-obama-is-haman">Rabbi Riskin Clarifies Remarks: Iran, Not Obama, Is Haman</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/2015/04/01/ny/rabbi-riskin-clarifies-remarks-iran-not-obama-is-haman/embed#?secret=oAVwSTK3u8" width="600" height="338" title="“Rabbi Riskin Clarifies Remarks: Iran, Not Obama, Is Haman” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="oAVwSTK3u8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Tel Aviv — Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reversed his comparison of President Barack Obama to Haman, saying instead that Iran is comparable to the Purim villain. In an interview Wednesday, Riskin, the chief rabbi of the West Bank settlement of Efrat and the former spiritual leader of New York City’s modern Orthodox Lincoln Square Synagogue, told […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315