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March 10, 1995

Rev. Robertson Under Fire For Links to 'Jews for Jesus'

NEW YORK -- Overlooked in the controversy surrounding allegations that the evangelist Pat Robertson traffics in anti-Jewish conspiracy theories is another accusation -- that the Rev. Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition, is an active supporter of groups that are targeting Jews for conversion to Christianity.

These groups, Christian missionary organizations that operate under names including Jews for Jesus and the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations, are disliked by mainstream Jewry because they target Jews in particular for conversion to Christianity, evoking memories of past Christian attempts to destroy Judaism through conversion.
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March 3, 1995

New Book Twists 'The Sacred Chain'

NEW YORK -- Racism is a "central doctrine" of traditional Judaism. Jewish Hollywood big shots push vulgar depictions of sex and violence on a country rooted in puritanism. "Fat and brassy" Jewish women are leaving their "designer living rooms" for the upper reaches of publishing. Jewish financiers were responsible for junk bonds. Anti-Semitism driven by class resentment is based in part on empirical truths, not just prejudice. Israelis are "shrewd" but ungenerous. Jewish billionaires regularly "jettison" their Jewish spouses for Gentile trophy wives.

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