WJC News Update – Tehran Jewish leader publicly denounces Ahmadinejad’s ‘smug’ remarks on Shoah

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News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 10 July 2013

Tehran Jewish leader publicly denounces Ahmadinejad’s ‘smug’ remarks on Shoah

The head of Tehran’s Jewish Community openly criticized Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for saying that questioning the extent of the Nazi Holocaust had been one of his major successes.

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In Portugal, a protector of a people is honored – New York Times

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