Jew not for Jesus
Jackie Mason is suing Jews for Jesus, claiming the missionary group damaged him by using his name and likeness in a pamphlet."While I have the utmost respect for people who practice the Christian faith, the fact is, as everyone knows, I am as Jewish as a matzo ball or kosher salami," the 75-year-old comedian said in documents filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.
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Susan Perlman, a spokeswoman for Jews for Jesus, said the pamphlet was "good-natured.""Shame on him for getting so upset about this," she said Friday.
I'm glad that the pamphlet has a "an easygoing and cheerful disposition" (Susan, I think you meant "in good nature"), but really, shame on you. You misrepresented someone's position in an attempt to subvert members of their religion, and you think they shouldn't get upset?
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It's hard to say that Jews for Jesus practices Judaism. Their officers appear to be primarily evangelical Christians of a particular stripe. I'm not sure they'd consider me to be a proper Christian, for example.
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August 26, 2006 06:02 PM
I just read the pamphlet at http://www.jewsforjesus.org/publications/bygny/July08/tract
It's being misrepresented in these stories: it explicitly holds up Jackie Mason as a Jew who's not for Jesus, describes his position as representing a big difference between Jews and Gentiles, and then disputes that position.
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August 26, 2006 06:27 PM