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Some of His Best Friends Are Jews
16 December 2004The standard test for hard-to-detect bigotry is to ask yourself, "How would that sound if I replaced [X-ethnic, religious, social group] with 'the Jews'?" But William Donohue, the influential leader of the Catholic League, has short-circuited that test by getting right to the point. "'Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular,' [Donohue] explained in a colloquy on the subject recently convened by Pat Buchanan on MSNBC. 'It's not a secret, O.K.?' Mr. Donohue continued. 'And I'm not afraid to say it. That's why they hate [The Passion]. It's about Jesus Christ, and it's about truth." After the show's token (and conservative) Jewish panelist, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, pointed out that 'Michael Moore is certainly not a Jew' and that Scorsese, Coppola and Lucas are not 'Jewish names,' Mr. Donohue responded: 'I like Harvey Weinstein. How's that? Harvey Weinstein is my friend.'" Well, as the junior Klan wannabes I grew up with used to say, That's mighty white of you, Bill. (Lest The Revealer be denounced as blind to other bigotries, it's worth noting that Frank Rich, author of the NYT piece in which this was quoted, continues to misunderstand The Passion and the reasons for its popularity.)
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