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From: larry@grkermit.UUCP (Larry Kolodney)
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Subject: Re: Holy Land
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Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 09:02:47 EDT
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From Andy Tennenbaum:

To refrain from calling the country Israel is a serious affront to
Jews.  For some strange reason, Israel is called "the Holy Land" quite
often by the Cristian mass media, I don't know why.


Why is it offensive, and why is it more offensive than saying that Jesus is
the messiah and that we have it all wrong?

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Larry Kolodney
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