S. African judge says he won't attend bar mitzvah
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The South African judge who wrote a UN report accusing Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes says after discussions with a South African group that has sharply criticized his report, he won't be attending his grandson's bar mitzvah.
There had been reports his critics had threatened protests at the bar mitzvah. Richard Goldstone did not confirm that Saturday. Goldstone says that after consultation with leaders of the synagogue "to which the South African Zionist Federation was a party, in the interests of my grandson I will not be attending the bar mitzvah ceremony." (AP)
