[Dawgreg]

Hold on freepers.......is this the same person who was a buddy of Whacko Jacko and said he would trust him with his kids? Pleeeeeeeze tell me I'm wrong! I humbly stand corrected if he's not the one.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The one and only.

[So Cal Rocket]

You simply have to scan the dedication to one of his latest books, Dating Secrets of the Ten Commandments. "To Michael," it reads, "who taught me of humility." Michael, of course, is none other than Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, and Boteach manages to slip references to their relationship into most of his interviews and writings. The rabbi is currently co-authoring a parenting book with the blanched superstar and sponsoring a Jackson-led charity dedicated, unbelievably enough, to ensuring that children receive appropriate amounts of affection.

[Steve Eisenberg]

Hold on freepers.......is this the same person who was a buddy of Whacko Jacko and said he would trust him with his kids?

Yep. He was originally a rabbi of the ultra-orthodox (but in a moderate way) Chabad grouping, and was more or less thrown out. (More or less because Chabad doesn't go in for defrocking.) I was wondering what a real Chabad rabbi would say about the movie. Not much, since they don't go to movies! I did find one article. This doesn't reach any real conclusions, but I thought was within yelling distance of being nice enough, when you take into account that the author comes from a tradition which regards walking into a church as forbidden:

Thank You Mel Gibson

I hope no Christians look at the above link the wrong way because the rabbi is really just talking to Jews -- as Mel Gibson is, I presume, primarily addressing Christians. As a Jew I really could not see myself seeing this film, but if it strengthens the faith of Christians I am all for it.