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‘Mayor Mohamed,’ battling Islamophobia and high property taxes in New Jersey
Filmmaker and political scientist Jeffrey Togman first met Syrian American Mohamed Khairullah at a synagogue. A new documentary tells his story
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Prospect Park Mayor Mohamed Khairullah
Jeffrey Togman wanted to make a documentary about the bloody civil war in Syria. He found his subject at a synagogue.
In May 2016, the Seton Hall University political science professor saw that Congregation Shomrei Emunah, a Montclair,...