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06-09-2009, 04:53 PM
ADL Letter to Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury Comic Strip 'Maligns Judaism' (http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/5539_12.htm)
The ADL are nothing more than a bunch of hate-filled bigots dressed as defenders of jews. The fact they exist does jews a disservice.
[offsite:3phsvr16]Dear Mr. Trudeau:
We agree with the numerous people who are contacting us that Sunday's Doonesbury misquotes the Bible, maligns Judaism, and promotes a Christian heresy, all within eight panels. It reinforces age-old stereotypes about Judaism that have been the cause of much suffering and pain over the centuries, and which have been rejected by a variety of Christian denominations over the last decades.
Jesus' concern in the Gospels is with money-changers, not money-lenders. The money-changers converted the coins of the Roman Empire into the currency accepted by the Jerusalem Temple, as money-changers today convert dollars into Euros. To speak of money-lenders harkens back the stereotype of Shylock, when Jews were forced by Christians to engage in usury.
Christian teaching is clear: the God of the Old Testament is the same God as the God of the New Testament. Doonesbury's Reverend Sloan is guilty of promoting anti-Jewish stereotypes and biblical illiteracy. He owes both Jews and Christians an apology.[/offsite:3phsvr16]
What was so bad about this cartoon? Look for yourself.
[attachment=0:3phsvr16]doonesbury.gif[/attachment:3phsvr16]
The ADL are nothing more than a bunch of hate-filled bigots dressed as defenders of jews. The fact they exist does jews a disservice.
[offsite:3phsvr16]Dear Mr. Trudeau:
We agree with the numerous people who are contacting us that Sunday's Doonesbury misquotes the Bible, maligns Judaism, and promotes a Christian heresy, all within eight panels. It reinforces age-old stereotypes about Judaism that have been the cause of much suffering and pain over the centuries, and which have been rejected by a variety of Christian denominations over the last decades.
Jesus' concern in the Gospels is with money-changers, not money-lenders. The money-changers converted the coins of the Roman Empire into the currency accepted by the Jerusalem Temple, as money-changers today convert dollars into Euros. To speak of money-lenders harkens back the stereotype of Shylock, when Jews were forced by Christians to engage in usury.
Christian teaching is clear: the God of the Old Testament is the same God as the God of the New Testament. Doonesbury's Reverend Sloan is guilty of promoting anti-Jewish stereotypes and biblical illiteracy. He owes both Jews and Christians an apology.[/offsite:3phsvr16]
What was so bad about this cartoon? Look for yourself.
[attachment=0:3phsvr16]doonesbury.gif[/attachment:3phsvr16]