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Meet the Man Turning Anti-Muslim Hate Into Law

Trip Down Bigotry Lane

A new report on Islamophobia from UC Berkeley highlights the role of David Yerushalmi. He really doesn’t like Muslims. And a lot of other people, besides.

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David Yerushalmi, a Hasidic Jew with a history of controversial statements about race, immigration and Islam
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times via Redux
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