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The Passion by Mel Gibson: Enthusiastic Response in the Catholic World, Restrained Criticism by the Jews

The Passion by Mel Gibson: Enthusiastic Response in the Catholic World, Restrained Criticism by the Jews

March 21, 2005 | Prof. Sergio Itzhak Minerbi
Mel Gibson's film The Passion, first screened for the public on Ash Wednesday, 25 February 2004, aroused great interest among both Jews and Christians. The film's anti-Semitic content and violence were the major reasons for the wide attention it received.