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Surfing rabbi tells EDL demo 'We shall prevail'

Around 300 members of the far right EDL were joined by a US Rabbi associated with the Tea Party at a demonstration “to oppose Islamic fascism”.

October 25, 2010 09:55
Rabbi Shifren addresses the EDL demonstration (photo: John Rifkin)
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Around 300 members of the far right organisation the English Defence League (EDL) were joined by a US Rabbi associated with the Tea Party at a demonstration “to oppose Islamic fascism”.

Speaking outside the Israeli embassy in London, Rabbi Nachum Shifren stressed he was not here to represent the Tea Party but came as someone “who loves freedom”.

Rabbi Shifren, who is standing for the California state senate, said: “To all my Jewish brothers who have called me a Nazi…I say to them they don’t have the guts to stand up here and take care of business."

The so-called surfing rabbi said the EDL were the only group in England with moral courage and that politicians would not admit that “because of the Arab petrol dollars.”