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Fri Mar 18, 2016, 06:18 PM Mar 2016

Rabbis to protest Donald Trump at AIPAC summit

By REENA FLORES CBS NEWS March 18, 2016, 11:07 AM
Last Updated Mar 18, 2016 4:07 PM EDT

Dozens of Jewish religious leaders will be protesting at Donald Trump's address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) next week, citing the Republican front-runner's "bigotry, racism, xenophobia, and misogyny" as well as the "violence promoted" by his campaign.

"We are committed to coming together against hate," reads a press release for the "Come Together Against Hate" campaign. "We are committed to saying that Donald Trump does not speak for us or represent us, and his values are not AIPAC's values. They are not the values of the Jewish community."

The group, spearheaded by Rabbis David Paskin and Jesse Olitzky, says they have gathered together more than 300 rabbis and other Jewish leaders and voters to appear at the pro-Israel lobby's annual summit ...


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rabbis-to-protest-donald-trump-at-aipac-summit/

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