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Obama Wishes Jews a Happy New Year at Stockholm Synagogue

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U.S. President Barack Obama addresses Israelis in Jerusalem March 21, 2013. Photo: Youtube

JTA – President Obama examined artifacts from the life of Raoul Wallenberg and wished Jews worldwide a “shanah tovah” during a tour of Stockholm’s Great Synagogue.

Wallenberg’s half sister, Nina Lagergren, 92, escorted Obama on Wednesday as he examined the belongings of the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust and later disappeared into Soviet custody.

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