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Ever Heard of Dhimmitude?

12:39 PM, Feb 23, 2009 • By RACHEL ABRAMS
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The New York Times sends an ambassador to visit a Potemkin synagogue in Esfahan and, surprise, he finds some Jews willing to say they are as appalled by Israel as he is. Does he stop to wonder whether it could be their dhimmitude speaking? Nah. That's not a language Times columnists are required to know, even the Jewish ones.