- ORLANDO, Florida (AP)) --
Leaders of two Jewish groups are giving negative reviews after posing as
pastors so they could attend an advance screening of Mel Gibson's "The
Passion of the Christ."
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- Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League and Rabbis
James Rudin and David Elcott of the American Jewish Committee sat among
thousands of pastors, who had been addressed earlier in the day by Gibson
himself.
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- They registered for the conference under a fabricated
church name and signed a non-disclosure agreement regarding contents of
the film.
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- But afterwards, they called reporters to complain that
the movie includes a verse from the Gospels that historically has been
used to blame the Jewish people for killing Jesus. In Matthew 27:25, Jews
calling for Jesus' crucifixion say, "His blood be on us and on our
children."
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- Jewish Groups Trash Jesus Movie
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- http://www.jta.org/index.asp
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- Two leading Jewish groups gave a thumbs-down to Mel Gibson's
new movie about Jesus, death. Officials of the Anti-Defamation League and
American Jewish Committee who saw the film at separate screenings said
it echoed centuries-old charges that the Jews were behind the crucifixion.
"At every single opportunity, Gibson's film reinforces the notion
that the Jewish authorities and the Jewish mob are the ones ultimately
responsible for the crucifixion," ADL National Director Abraham Foxman
said. David Elcott, director of interreligious affairs for the AJCommittee,
said the movie offers an "ugly" vision of Jews and "reasserts
offensive stereotypes about Jews that Catholic and Protestant leaders have
overwhelmingly rejected."
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