The Jewish Chronicle

Odze’s explanatio­n for book-burning

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SHNEUR ODZE, Ukip’s strictly Orthodox candidate for Mayor of Manchester, has explained why he burned what he believed was a missionary book left in a synagogue. Mr Odze said the book had been “cynically” disguised as a Hebrew Bible. He said: “Proselytis­ing is a legitimate pursuit so long as you are not misleading people.”

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