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Mostly Jewish golf club in Maryland invites Obama to join
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Woodmont Country Club, an exclusive, mostly Jewish golf club in Maryland, has invited former president Barack Obama to join following a contentious debate.
In an email to members yesterday, Woodmont President Barry Forman says that after “many hours in recent weeks considering this matter and the views of our members,” the club’s executive committee decided to invite Obama to join, the Washington Post reports.
The rather public debate at the Rockville club over whether to admit Obama for membership stemmed from the US decision to abstain from a UN vote against Israeli settlements, as well as other actions perceived as hostile to Israel. The New York Post was the first to report the dispute.
— JTA
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