Deborah Lipstadt resigns from synagogue over defense of Israeli extremists
“I cannot be associated with an organization that gives such racism, celebration of violence, and immoral policies a ‘heksher,'” or imprimatur, she wrote in an open letter posted to Facebook Tuesday.
US academic Deborah Lipstadt (C) exults 11 April 2000 the High Court in London after winning a libel case brought against her and Penguin publications by British revisionist historian David Irving.(photo credit: MARTIN HAYHOW / AFP)ByBEN SALES/JTA