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Article: Knicks guard in foul trouble over comments on Jews, Jesus
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- Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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- April 24, 2001
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Ephross, Peter
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
04-24-2001
Knicks guard in foul trouble over comments on Jews, Jesus
A New York Knicks basketball player has more to worry about this week than
his team's current opponent in the NBA playoffs.
The American Jewish Congress is calling on Florida's secretary of state,
Katherine Harris, to bench point guard Charlie Ward as the official
spokesman for a state reading program after Ward was quoted as saying that
Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus.
Ward's "comments are hurtful and he needs to be responsible for them. The
state needs to be responsible by not associating with him," said Jack
Karako, executive director of the AJCongress' Southeast region.
If ...