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Jewish Author's Book Launch Canceled Over Pro-Israel Moderator

Joshua Leifer's event rescheduled after controversy, drawing larger crowds and boosting book sales.

  • Original event canceled due to objections over Rabbi Andy Bachman's Zionist views.
  • Rescheduled event at Union Temple attracted a sellout crowd of 300 attendees.
  • Media coverage of the cancellation led to a spike in book sales on Amazon.
  • Leifer and Bachman received hate mail from both pro-Israel and anti-Israel critics.
  • Bookstore owner apologized and fired the employee responsible for the cancellation.
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