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We i n the
Jewish commu-
nity are justified
in our concerns
that the extreme-
ly negative and
violent depiction
of Jews in this
film may rekin-
dle anti-
Semitism as it
Nevins
has done in the
past. Some images in the film, which
have no source in Christian scrip-
tures, are truly incendiary. The pres-
ence of Satan lurking among the
Jewish people and the appearance of
Satan's face on Jewish children fits
right into the classical anti-Semitic
imagery of Jews as 'children of the
devil.'"
— Rabbi Daniel Nevins,
Adat Shalom Synagogue
"Just as [Mel
Gibson] has the
right to make
the movie, we
have the right to
challenge its
truthfulness and
to warn of its
possible conse-
quences.
"We must take
Chalom
this opportunity to
find others who share our historical
approach to the Bible and who are
willing to say that parts of the Bible
are dangerous, and that the historical
Jesus may have been very different
from Mel Gibson's."
— Rabbi Adam Chalom,
Birmingham Temple
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TEE ISSUE
Israel's plans for some degree of set-
tlement removal and force disengage-
ment from parts of the Gaza Strip
and the West Bank has been criticized
by Palestinians, some leaders in the
Israeli-Arab community and Israel's
Arab neighbors. These critiques
ignore the current situation.
"It is the patriot-
ic responsibility
of every free-
dom-loving
American to
boycott the film.
Tolwin
America is a
wondrous country. But like Vatican
II, the culture we have created is only
a thin veneer — for now. Right
beneath the surface of our equal
rights lurks hatred of blacks, Jews,
Orientals, Muslims, whites, women,
gays and other strangers.
This film may be the expression of
one rich man's religion's passion, but
does that give him the right to create
something that may enflame old reli-
gious anti-Jewish passions?"
— Rabbi Alon
Tolwin,
Aish Detroit
"This is the kind
of stuff — the
garbage that
Jews were
exposed to all
the time.
"When I was
Jacobson
watching the
movie, the only thing that really
struck me as positive for me was that
we were privileged to experience in a
direct way what Jews experienced in a
terrible way for centuries all over
Christian Europe — Jews were guilty
for killing Christ.
"To that extent, it was a good expe-
rience to really viscerally experience
what we don't experience too often in
the world we live in."
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BEHIND THE ISSUE
The government's plans are an initia-
tive to reduce violence at a time when
other initiatives have failed or are
stalled. Israel will coordinate its
actions with the United States and
possibly with Egypt, while the
Palestinian Authority, whose future is
in doubt, remains "on the sidelines."
-- Allan Gale, .Jewish Community
Council of Metropolitan Detroit
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