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Was Michael Jackson a friend of the Jews?
By The Jewish Journal
Tags: Jewish World, Michael Jackson 

Pop legend Michael Jackson's life was full of contradictions, and his relationship to Jews and the Jewish community was no exception.

From speculations that the singer had committed himself to Kabbalah, to rumors of anti-Semitic comments made over the years, his connection to Judaism has remained unclear.

Even after Jackson's death last week, the Jewish angle has been resurrected with many wondering whether custody of his two older children (and of the estate they will inherit) will go to the pop star's parents or the kids' Jewish mother.
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"Any suggestions that Michael was not friendly to the Jewish community are inaccurate," maintains Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who befriended Jackson in 1999, though the two were out of touch for the last few years.

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  1.   Michael Jackson Was Definitely A Friend... 06:05  |  Yosemite 01/07/09
  2.   Is this really an important question now? 09:38  |  Gray 01/07/09
  3.   I Have Enough Worries!!!! 10:38  |  Yaakov Ben Horin 01/07/09
  4.   Re: to Gray, get over it 18:49  |  Max 01/07/09
  5.   Show business 18:56  |  Anonymous 01/07/09
  6.   #2 Gray: This is a "Jewish" newspaper 20:51  |  Elly 01/07/09
  7.   Michael Jackson 05:21  |  Connie 02/07/09
  8.   wouldn`t it be nice... 11:49  |  Michael 02/07/09
  9.   Let He Who Is Without Sin Throw The First Stone... 00:47  |  Yosemite 03/07/09
  10.   RE MJ 04:47  |  shlomog 03/07/09
  11.   How can he be considered a `friend` 00:07  |  Gee 05/07/09
  12.   Light a Pixel for Michael Jackson 17:05  |  Lena 03/09/09
  13.   Sue me, Jew me 08:43  |  E 19/09/09
  14.   Kike me 06:38  |  Malcy 27/10/09
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