[Jerusalem Post] Hilary Leila Krieger - When Iranian President Ahmadinejad is in New York this week, he will face an unprecedented coalition of Jewish, Iranian, labor, African-American and other activists demonstrating against his regime. His government's brutal crackdown on dissidents has led many progressive Jews to take a more aggressive stance on Iran and helped ally non-Jewish groups with campaigns against the Iranian regime. Malcolm Hoenlein, executive director of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said the broader theme of human rights has been "a way to bring other groups into this outside of the Jewish community."
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