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I know Da Vinci Code is in theatres, which is why we have to take a step back and...
May 26, 2006 04:34PM
[after reading below, wonder whether I'm a fan of the ADL (Foxman's views) or a fan of the Catholics (Gibson) the answer is NEITHER]
Article - Nov. 2003
"Jewish Leader Says Mel Gibson 'Infected' With Anti-Semitism"
By Marc Morano
New York (CNSNews.com) - A prominent Jewish leader declared that movie actor and director Mel Gibson was "seriously infected" with anti-Semitic views, based on recent comments the Hollywood star has made regarding his upcoming movie, The Passion of Christ.
David Irving comments:
I have held this website aloof from the nasty and eminently predictable squabble between Mel Gibson, whom we have not admired much as an actor, and the ADL, whom we have admired even less. But now that his Jesus film is breaking surface, if not wind, allow me to make a few comments on the protagonists.
How was Mr Foxman appointed a "leader" of his community? Not by any democratic process of which we are aware -- in fact decent Jews have persistently called for the removal of this corrupt and cowardly person from office because of the damage he does to their cause.
Secondly, his language ("infected with anti-Semitism") is reminiscent of the Nazis, who referred to the Jewish "plague bacillus" that infested country after country.
One critic's remark, quoted in this piece, that the ADL "leaders" appear to be living in an asylum, comes close to my own view: inside its monastic calm, breathing only the rarified oxygen that surrounds such Olympian peaks, and perhaps inhaling other substances as well, they seriously believe that the man in the street dislikes the Jews "because they crucified Jesus Christ". ("They talk of nothing else in the pubs of Wapping, m'lud," a learned barrister might say).
Rubbish: What turns the ordinary hard-working people, Christian and Moslem alike, off the Jewish people as "a club" -- to use Foxman's unfortunate phrase, having disavowed the word "cabal" -- is the behaviour of which George Soros, one of their own number, complained on the same day, to the same ADL 90th meeting: their venality, criminality, and murderous greed.
Billionaire George Soros shocks Jewish elite, says Bush, Sharon to blame for global rise in anti-Semitism
Astonishing attack on much loved community leader: "Abe Foxman: Disgrace to my Religion"
Abraham Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said of Gibson, "I think he's infected -- seriously infected -- with some very, very serious anti-Semitic views."
Foxman made the remarks at a panel discussion titled "Mel Gibson's The Passion: A Conversation on Its Implications for Jews and Christians." The discussion took place during the 90th annual national meeting of the ADL in New York City on Thursday.
In an interview with CNSNews.com following the panel discussion, Foxman reiterated his comments about Gibson.
"[Gibson's] got classical anti-Semitic views. If he can say that there is a cabal out there of secular liberal Jews who are trying to blame the Holocaust on the Catholic Church, that's a classic anti-Semitic canard -- that Jews operate in cabals to get their way.
"If he can say that somebody will not permit him to make another movie -- who? Jewish Hollywood? The ADL? When he can say that he now understands how Jesus felt now -- not before he made the film, not because the gospel inspired him, but now -- because he has been criticized and attacked. That's anti-Semitism," Foxman told CNSNews.com.
But William Donohue, president of the conservative Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights repudiated Foxman's comments about Gibson being "infected" with anti-Semitic views.
"I would regard this as the most singular irresponsible statement we have heard yet from any one of Mel Gibson's critics," Donohue told CNSNews.com.
Donohue said the comments about Gibson and his movie at the ADL panel discussion are what you would "expect from people in an asylum." Donohue, who has seen the movie, noted that none of the three panelists featured at the ADL meeting on Thursday had yet to see the film.
Conservative media critic Michael Medved also lambasted Foxman for his comments about Gibson.
"I respect the ADL, but what [Foxman] is doing is marginalizing himself," Medved told CNSNews.com. Medved, the author of the book Hollywood vs. America and a nationally syndicated radio talk show host, said it's "ridiculous" to say that Gibson holds anti-Semitic views.
"I think it's very sad, I really do. Sad and unnecessary," Medved, an orthodox Jew, said of Foxman's comments.
Foxman did attempt to qualify his assertion regarding Gibson's views towards Jews. "I don't think [Gibson's] the type of person who gets up in the morning and says 'I want to get the Jews.' But does he have attitudes that are anti-Semitic? Yes," Foxman said.
The Passion of Christ, set to open on February 25, 2004, depicts the final 12 hours of Christ's life in bloody detail. The $25-million movie, produced by Gibson's Icon Productions and distributed by Newmarket Films, strives to achieve authenticity by featuring only Latin and Aramaic dialogue with English subtitles. The Passion of Christstars actor James Caviezel as Christ and actress Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene.
During the panel discussion, Foxman warned of the danger that Passion plays about the crucifixion of Christ have historically posed to Jews, because they frequently reinforce the notion of collective Jewish guilt for the death of Jesus. Foxman cited Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's praise of a Passion play from the 1930s to illustrate his point.
"When Hitler walked out [of a Passion play] in 1934, he declared that 'the whole world over should see . . . this Passion play, then they will understand why I despise the Jews and why they deserve to die,'" Foxman told the crowd of about 400 attendees.
Article - Nov. 2003
"Jewish Leader Says Mel Gibson 'Infected' With Anti-Semitism"
By Marc Morano
New York (CNSNews.com) - A prominent Jewish leader declared that movie actor and director Mel Gibson was "seriously infected" with anti-Semitic views, based on recent comments the Hollywood star has made regarding his upcoming movie, The Passion of Christ.
David Irving comments:
I have held this website aloof from the nasty and eminently predictable squabble between Mel Gibson, whom we have not admired much as an actor, and the ADL, whom we have admired even less. But now that his Jesus film is breaking surface, if not wind, allow me to make a few comments on the protagonists.
How was Mr Foxman appointed a "leader" of his community? Not by any democratic process of which we are aware -- in fact decent Jews have persistently called for the removal of this corrupt and cowardly person from office because of the damage he does to their cause.
Secondly, his language ("infected with anti-Semitism") is reminiscent of the Nazis, who referred to the Jewish "plague bacillus" that infested country after country.
One critic's remark, quoted in this piece, that the ADL "leaders" appear to be living in an asylum, comes close to my own view: inside its monastic calm, breathing only the rarified oxygen that surrounds such Olympian peaks, and perhaps inhaling other substances as well, they seriously believe that the man in the street dislikes the Jews "because they crucified Jesus Christ". ("They talk of nothing else in the pubs of Wapping, m'lud," a learned barrister might say).
Rubbish: What turns the ordinary hard-working people, Christian and Moslem alike, off the Jewish people as "a club" -- to use Foxman's unfortunate phrase, having disavowed the word "cabal" -- is the behaviour of which George Soros, one of their own number, complained on the same day, to the same ADL 90th meeting: their venality, criminality, and murderous greed.
Billionaire George Soros shocks Jewish elite, says Bush, Sharon to blame for global rise in anti-Semitism
Astonishing attack on much loved community leader: "Abe Foxman: Disgrace to my Religion"
Abraham Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said of Gibson, "I think he's infected -- seriously infected -- with some very, very serious anti-Semitic views."
Foxman made the remarks at a panel discussion titled "Mel Gibson's The Passion: A Conversation on Its Implications for Jews and Christians." The discussion took place during the 90th annual national meeting of the ADL in New York City on Thursday.
In an interview with CNSNews.com following the panel discussion, Foxman reiterated his comments about Gibson.
"[Gibson's] got classical anti-Semitic views. If he can say that there is a cabal out there of secular liberal Jews who are trying to blame the Holocaust on the Catholic Church, that's a classic anti-Semitic canard -- that Jews operate in cabals to get their way.
"If he can say that somebody will not permit him to make another movie -- who? Jewish Hollywood? The ADL? When he can say that he now understands how Jesus felt now -- not before he made the film, not because the gospel inspired him, but now -- because he has been criticized and attacked. That's anti-Semitism," Foxman told CNSNews.com.
But William Donohue, president of the conservative Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights repudiated Foxman's comments about Gibson being "infected" with anti-Semitic views.
"I would regard this as the most singular irresponsible statement we have heard yet from any one of Mel Gibson's critics," Donohue told CNSNews.com.
Donohue said the comments about Gibson and his movie at the ADL panel discussion are what you would "expect from people in an asylum." Donohue, who has seen the movie, noted that none of the three panelists featured at the ADL meeting on Thursday had yet to see the film.
Conservative media critic Michael Medved also lambasted Foxman for his comments about Gibson.
"I respect the ADL, but what [Foxman] is doing is marginalizing himself," Medved told CNSNews.com. Medved, the author of the book Hollywood vs. America and a nationally syndicated radio talk show host, said it's "ridiculous" to say that Gibson holds anti-Semitic views.
"I think it's very sad, I really do. Sad and unnecessary," Medved, an orthodox Jew, said of Foxman's comments.
Foxman did attempt to qualify his assertion regarding Gibson's views towards Jews. "I don't think [Gibson's] the type of person who gets up in the morning and says 'I want to get the Jews.' But does he have attitudes that are anti-Semitic? Yes," Foxman said.
The Passion of Christ, set to open on February 25, 2004, depicts the final 12 hours of Christ's life in bloody detail. The $25-million movie, produced by Gibson's Icon Productions and distributed by Newmarket Films, strives to achieve authenticity by featuring only Latin and Aramaic dialogue with English subtitles. The Passion of Christstars actor James Caviezel as Christ and actress Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene.
During the panel discussion, Foxman warned of the danger that Passion plays about the crucifixion of Christ have historically posed to Jews, because they frequently reinforce the notion of collective Jewish guilt for the death of Jesus. Foxman cited Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's praise of a Passion play from the 1930s to illustrate his point.
"When Hitler walked out [of a Passion play] in 1934, he declared that 'the whole world over should see . . . this Passion play, then they will understand why I despise the Jews and why they deserve to die,'" Foxman told the crowd of about 400 attendees.
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May 22, 2006 08:44PM
As a prelude to kicking off the post production of '"The Instant Message"' (a prequel to '"The Instant Messenger"' 2005 WGA #2985794).
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