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Article: Abe Foxman criticizes local approach on Armenian issue: ADL national director calls out Boston's Jewish community leaders.(NEWS)
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- The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 2, 2007
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In an interview published on Oct. 26 by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, criticized Boston's Jewish leadership for its handling of this summer's controversy surrounding recognition of the Armenian genocide. Foxman accused the local community of not giving proper priority to Israeli interests, singling out Combined Jewish Philanthropies President Barry Shrage and Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Executive Director Nancy K. Kaufman.
In the interview, which was conducted last month, Foxman told the interviewer that he was "shocked, upset, frightened" that the Boston Jewish ...