Statement on Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ
Christian Jewish Dialogue in Montreal (CJDM) | 25.02.2004
Like all art works based on historical events, Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ may create the illusion that it faithfully reproduces the details of Jesus' Passion with its cruelty and violence. Viewers may be left with the impression that without the Jews, these things never would have happened.
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