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  • Yishai calls for Gibson's Jesus film to be banned in Israel

    02/25/2004 6:20:30 PM PST · by Hal1950 · 423 replies · 453+ views
    Haaretz Israel ^ | 26 February 2004 | Amiram Barkat
    Shas chairman MK Eli Yishai on Wednesday called for Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" movie to be banned from Israeli cinemas, calling it a blood libel. In the U.S., the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement saying that the film "repeats all of the stereotypes and myths surrounding the death of Jesus that have accompanied anti-Semitism for the last 2,000 years. Regretfully, Gibson refused all of our attempts for a dialogue aimed at preventing this harm to Jews." ADL National Director Abraham Foxman said he was troubled by Gibson's claim of historical accuracy. "He made his choice," Foxman told...
  • The Jesus Movie Gibson Should Make

    09/25/2003 9:18:42 AM PDT · by Greg Luzinski · 230 replies · 495+ views
    The Jewish Journal ^ | 8/15/03 | David Klinghoffer
    Jewish leaders continue to decry Mel Gibson’s forthcoming Jesus movie for supposedly threatening to whip up anti-Semitism. Due out next April, "The Passion" identifies Jewish priests as instigators of the crucifixion. Maimonides, too, in his Mishnah Torah, affirms Jewish involvement in Jesus’ execution — which must make the greatest of medieval Jewish sages an anti-Semite, too. But the film I’d like to see produced that would really make some Jews nervous, while teaching a healthy lesson: an honest depiction not of Jesus’ death, but of his preaching. The Christian Bible makes clear what was probably the main theme of his...