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New York, NY, June 1, 2009 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today released the text of a letter to cartoonist Garry Trudeau concerning his Doonesbury strip of May 31, 2009:
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.
Sincerely,
The Anti-Defamation League {source}
Anti-Semitic Incidents Decline for Fourth Straight Year in U.S., According to Annual ADL Audit {except for cartoonists and satirists}
Gary Trudeau? That's the rabbi knocking
I'm still waiting for the ADL to begin a campaign against HR1207 (Audit the Fed). After all, who makes up the majority of the Federal Reserve boards and who heads it? Auditing them, questioning them would be anti-semitic, wouldn't it?
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