Jewish groups mourn Jimmy Carter despite 'profound disagreements' with his later views on Israel

(JTA) - Jewish groups are mourning Jimmy Carter, the former president and broker of Israel's peace deal with Egypt who died Sunday at 100.

In statements issued following his death, many of the groups are citing the peace deal and other landmark moments in Carter's presidency, which stretched from 1977 to 1981, as examples of Carter's legacy. Several of them are also acknowledging that in his post-presidency, the longest in American history, Carter aggrieved some American Jews by aggressively criticizing Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.

"While AJC had some profound disagreements...