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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 20: A picture of Leon Klinghoffer sits in a wheelchair, while a group of students study the Torah, outside the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center to protest opening night of the opera, "The Death of Klinghoffer" on October 20, 2014 in New York, NY. The opera, by John Adams, depicts the death of Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish cruise passenger from New York, who was killed and dumped overboard during a 1985 hijacking of of an Italian cruise ship by Palestinian terrorists. The opera has been accused of anti-Semitism and, at its opening tonight, protestors, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, plan to protest its inclusion in this year's schedule at the Metropolitan Opera. Bryan Thomas/Getty Images/AFP
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