Nonprofit Name Game

Charities with similar names face distinct challenges

The e-mail messages, some 300 sent so far, carry scathing condemnations. "I hope your organization folds and never rises again!" reads one. "If you are supporting the horror that has struck our country I hope you burn in hell," says another.

The recipient of those messages, the Holy Land Foundation, a Christian charity in Washington, did little to prompt such an outpouring -- apart from having a name almost identical to

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