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Hundreds of Jewish leaders call on Israeli ambassador to apologize for attack on J Street

JL;DR SUMMARY Over 500 Jewish leaders, including rabbis and communal heads, have signed a letter demanding an apology from Israel's U.S. ambassador, Yechiel Leiter, for labeling J Street as a "cancer" within the Jewish community. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ZionismJewish LeadershipIsraeli GovernmentAmerican Jewish CommunityJ StreetDiplomacyIsrael U.S. RelationsPro Israel LobbyYechiel LeiterIdeological Diversity

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Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Leiter, a Netanyahu appointee and former settler leader, of using language that dehumanizes fellow Jews during his remarks in Washington, D.C., on Monday."
New York, United States
"Among the signatories were New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler, former U.S. ambassadors to Israel Daniel Kurtzer and Tom Nides, National Council of Jewish Women CEO Jody Rabhan, Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs and Rabbi David Saperstein."

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