MLK Day Celebration Backed by Top Teachers' Union Disinvites Rabbi Over Support for Israel

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A San Diego rabbi was disinvited from giving a benediction at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) over his support for Israel, according to the rabbi, his synagogue, and the organization that hosted the event. Tifereth Israel Synagogue announced on Sunday that the congregation's leader, Rabbi Hanan Leberman, was cut from Alliance San Diego's 38th All Peoples Celebration "due to his connection to Israel." Leberman "served as a rabbi and

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