Group dangles $50K for Jews who move to Ala. town

The American flag flies behind a statue of the Biblical figure Joseph downtown Dothan, Ala., Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The Jewish community is trying to lure Jewish families to the town.(AP Photo/Dave Martin)

"Blumberg is chairman of an organization offering Jewish families as much as $50,000 to relocate to Dothan, an overwhelmingly Christian town of 58,000 that calls itself the Peanut Capital of the World. Get involved at Temple Emanu-El and stay at least five years, the group's leaders say, and the money doesn't have to be repaid."

Of course, Ethopian Jews need not apply...