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Special to The Jewish News

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hat do Pope John
Paul II and
Brooklyn's Rabbi
Menachem Schneerson have
in common? To most or-
dinary mortals, not much.
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from Brooklyn doing setting
Israeli policy?" an obvious
reference to the Lubavit-
cher's refusal to let his
Israeli followers join a coali-
tion government with Labor
leader Shimon Peres. And
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"Travel shtick getting old.
What have you done for us
lately, J.P.?"
Upbeat assessments were
given to the Dalai Lama ("so
cheerful") and Billy Graham
(the "only honest tele-
vangelist"), and even to
Iran's late Ayatollah Kho-
meini ("New fervor among
his fanatics)."
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Watch, said the weekly had

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