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Rabbi looks at ethics of political leadership
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Washington Jewish Week
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June 19, 2008
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- Kritz, Fran
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Several hundred people kicked off the post-primary campaign season last week by attending an ethics-in-politics conversation between Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, who has written widely on Jewish ethics, and David Gregory, NBC chief correspondent to the White House.
Gregory, who said people are often surprised to learn that he is Jewish, as a child had attended the Synagogue for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles, where Telushkin is now the rabbi, but said that the two had only met in the past few months.
The discussion, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, was held last week at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in the District.
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