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November 5, 2011

Barack Obama Is Not the First Jewish President

David Gibson, Religion News Service

So calling Obama the "first Jewish president" may have been a stretch. Would you settle for one of the 50 most important Jewish leaders of 2011?

The Forward puts him at No. 50. Not bad, for a gentile. But if he were Muslim, now that would be something.

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