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White House reporter allegedly blackballed a Jew
by NEW YORK (JTA) -- Longtime UPI White House reporter Helen Thomas "blackballed" New York Times columnist William Safire several y, Thomas, who is of Lebanese descent, responded to Slate's report this week by telling the magazine that she wanted to "let bygone
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Thomas, who retired this week from her longtime job at UPI, is scheduled to receive the Abram L. Sachar Silver Medallion at the annual conference of the Brandeis University national women's committee on June 2.
The ZOA is calling on Thomas to use the awards ceremony as a platform to speak out against the terrorists. The group is also asking Brandeis University's president to urge Thomas to speak out on the issue.
Efforts to reach Thomas were unsuccessful, and Brandeis University had no comment.
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