Jimmy Carter to Marvin Hier: You’re No Simon Wiesenthal
Jimmy Carter to Marvin Hier: Your No Simon Wiesenthal The Simon Wiesenthal Center sent President Carter a petition signed by 25,000 people blasting his book. In response, Carter sent Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the SWC, saying: “I don’t believe that Simon Wiesenthal would have resorted to falsehood and slander to raise funds.”
Maybe. But one thing Carter should have known: The Simon Wiesenthal Center would certainly resort to publicizing the former president’s letter to raise funds. Check out this link, to see images of Carter’s actual missive and Hier’s respone, as well as a charming picture of the two of them together in 1996.
Why I became the Forward’s Editor-in-Chief
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