Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz. American Jewish groups are asking Cruz to explain his position on his endorsement from Mike Bickle. Photo: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

American Jewish groups have demanded that presidential hopeful Ted Cruz clarify his position on his provocative endorsement of an evangelical leader whose views on Jews are highly controversial.

The Texas senator has been touting the backing of Mike Bickle, a man who seeks to convert Jews to Christianity, who predicts there will be another era of concentration camps, and who has said that Hitler was sent by God to hunt Jews.

Read full story at The Times of Israel.