Judaism is a "dirty religion."

MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN
June 24,1984

"Hitler was a very great man."

MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN
Radio broadcast,March 11, 1984

"I'd be open to sitting and talking to
Minister Farrakhan...I have respect for him... ))

SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN
Reuters,September 26, 2000

An open le.. er to Vice President core:

PLEASE ASK SENATOR
LIEBERMAN NOT TO MEET
WITH MINISTER FARRAKHAN

HONORARY CHAIRMEN
Max M. Fisher
Richard J. Fox
Sam Fox
Lawrence Kadish
George Klein
Hon. Mel Sembler

NATIONAL CHAIRMAN
Cheryl F. Halpem

FINANCE CHAIRMAN
Mark L. Lezell

VICE CHAIRMEN
Sheldon G. Adelson
Hon. Lewis M. Eisenberg
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David M. Flaum
Sheldon B. Kamins
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Fred Zeidman

GENERAL COUNSEL
Jeffrey P. Altman

TREASURER
Norman Freidkin

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Ted Benard-Cutler
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Eric M. Javits
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Bernard Marden
John Price
Betty Sembler
Harold Siegel
Ned L. Siegel
Martin J. Silverstein
Robert N. Snyder
Clifford Sobel
Sandra Stein
Arnold Thaler

DEAR MR. VICE PRESIDENT:

As you well know, Minister Farrakhan is an unrepentant promoter of hatred, bigotry, and anti-Semitism. He

has called Judaism a "dirty religion" and said that Catholicism "has been by white people, for white people

to subject black people to a white kind of theology that strips us of ourselves." His lieutenant, Khalid

Muhammad, called the Pope an "anti-Christ" and a "cracker." Over the years, Farrakhan and his aides have

spewed out, in speeches and writings, some of the most racist and hateful rhetoric of the last two decades.

That's why we, and many others in the Jewish community, including the ADL and the American Jewish

Congress, issued public statements expressing disappointment regarding Senator Joe Lieberman's comments

that he has "respect" for Minister Farrakhan and that he would like to meet with him. We feel that Senator

Lieberman should not, as the ADL said, "grant unmerited legitimacy" to Minister Farrakhan.

You have said in the past (February 1994) that "We should not tolerate any anti-Semitic statements by

people like Louis Farrakhan." Is this still your view? If so, how can you tolerate Senator Lieberman meeting
with Louis Farrakhan?

While we differ with you on many issues, we must agree that anti-Semitism and racial and religious

intolerance have no place in American life. We urge you to use your position of power as Vice President

to denounce hatred and those who seek to spread it.

Please ask Senator Lieberman not to meet with Minister Farrakhan.

Respectfully,

REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Sen. Rudy Boschwitz
Hon. Marshall J. Breger
Cong. Jon D. Fox
Cong. Ben Gilman
Mayor Stephen
Goldsmith
Dr. Ephraim Isaac
Sen. Arlen Specter
Cong. Richard Zimmer

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THE ADL HAS TOLD
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SENATOR LIEBERMAN THAT
IF HE WERE TO MEET WITH
LOUIS FARRAKHAN, HE WOULD BE
LEGITIMIZING A BIGOT, AN ANTI-SEMITE
AND A RACIST, WHO CONTINUES TO
SPOUT HIS MESSAGE OF HATE.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Matthew Brooks

ADL PRESS RELEASE, 9/29/00 .
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