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July 12, 2012

Obama Meets the Real Jewish Minority

Ron Kampeas, JTA

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Nathan Diament learned two things 22 years ago while watching Barack Obama play pickup basketball at the Harvard Law School gym.

“He was a generous passer,” he said of the school’s Law Review editor and the future U.S. president. “He was competitive, but at an appropriate level of competitiveness. He didn’t get in your face.”

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