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Israeli 'Lost Jews' Ad Sparks Outrage

Portrays those assimilated outside Israel as missing

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 9, 2009 12:23 PM CDT

(Newser) – An Israeli outreach group has dumped an ad campaign that sparked controversy by portraying assimilated Diaspora Jews as “lost,” the Jerusalem Post reports. Prominent American Jewish voices slammed the campaign, which many took as a slight to intermarried Jews. An intermarried Israeli critic... Read full story »

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