A number of Jewish leaders thought that the current quiet would not last.
He is also one of the few Jewish leaders to take a prominent public stand on the war.
They could also refer to the Jewish leaders who may have had a reason to take the body.
He reached out to Jewish leaders as well, and supported programs to help the city's poor.
He said Jewish leaders have been supportive of his efforts.
"I will not be your boy," he told Jewish leaders through the newspapers.
American Jewish leaders were themselves divided on the best response to the crisis.
He is known as a very prominent and active Jewish leaders of recent days.
Just as important to Jewish leaders is what happens to the children of those marriages.
He made his claim specific to the religion and Jewish leader, but not to the people as a whole.