Beetlejuice Vs. Braveheart: Back In The Antisemite Saddle Again

Writer Gerald A. Honigman has taken Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ to task:


Back in early 2004, if I recall the exact time correctly, Diane Sawyer interviewed Mel Gibson about his then new film, The Passion of the Christ, on ABC. It was a fairly balanced interview, so my initial fears of a whitewash were put to rest.

But most folks still don’t understand what all the fuss had been about. So, please permit me to be as candid as possible in trying to clarify the potential problems revolving around this sensitive and painful subject.

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God TV broadcasts suspended

We have been following the case of God TV in Israel, which appeared to be trying to convert Israeli Jews. A decision has been made to suspend the station’s licence:

Chairman of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, Asher Biton, announced on Thursday to the “Hot” TV network its decision to suspend the “GodTV – Shelanu” channel from being broadcast in Israel. Explaining the decision, Biton said that the channel appeals to Jews with Christian content, in contrast to the original request for approval which stated that the channel is intended for the Christian population.

This is welcome news for those who have had concerns about the activities of this TV channel.

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GOD TV Evangelicals: Please Stop Pitching Your Hatred of Judaism as ‘Love’

A powerful opinion piece in Haaretz by Avi Bell calls out the evangelicals of God TV who are disguising their efforts to convert Jews as nothing to do with conversion at all, but claim they are simply asking Jews to become ‘fulfilled’ Jews by accepting ‘Yeshua’ (Jesus).

When you and your fellow preachers at GOD TV claim that Christianity is the true Judaism you are making a claim that is disrespectful, anti-Semitic and toxic. You are telling us that not only do you have the right to define your Christian faith (you do!) and to interpret your own religious tradition (you do!), but that you also have the right to define our Jewish faith and deny us Jews the right to interpret our religious tradition.

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Rabbi Tovia Singer attacks God TV targeting Jews for conversion

This video from Rabbi Tovia Singer examines the recent uproar in Israel over God TV’s deal with an Israeli cable TV network to broadcast shows seeking to persuade Jews to accept Jesus as their Messiah. We will let Rabbi Singer explain the problem…

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