Jewish Org. to Warner Bros. — BOOT Mel Gibson from Maccabee Movie
Two powerful Jewish organizations are lashing out against the decision to put Mel Gibson in a movie about biblical Jewish hero Judah Maccabee … TMZ has learned.
The Anti-Defamation League has released a statement — demanding Warner Bros. pull Gibson off the flick immediately … saying, “As a hero of the Jewish people and a universal hero in the struggle for religious liberty, Judah Maccabee deserves better.”
The statement adds, “It would be a travesty to have the story of the Maccabees told by one who has no respect and sensitivity for other people’s religious views.”
TMZ also spoke with Rabbi Marvin Hier — founder and Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center — who tells us casting Mel Gibson as a Jewish hero is “like having a white supremacist portray Martin Luther King Jr.“
FYI — Judah is a central figure in the story of Hanukkah … as the brave warrior who drove enemies of Judaism out of Jerusalem.
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