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The Anti-Defamation League is forming a coalition in opposition to two murals that recently appeared on walls of Biggies Foodmart and gas station at East 55th Street and Cedar Avenue in Cleveland.
Anita Gray, regional director of the ADL, described the paintings as highly offensive and anti-Semitic.
In one image, the words Talmudic Priests in Church and $ex with Minors Permitted appear above a drawing of what Gray described as a stereotypical Orthodox Jew with his lips apparently on the private parts of a naked baby. The other mural, labeled The Faces of Jesus, includes the statement, To Jews hes a bastard who's in hell.
We are appalled by the intolerance and bigotry these signs convey, Gray said in a statement on behalf of the ADL and the coalition. The owner of this establishment has the right to have it decorated as he chooses, but we urge fellow members of the community to join us in saying, loudly and clearly, that such hate is not welcome here, and we categorically reject it.
Gray said her office in Cleveland received a call May 28 from a neighborhood resident who was mortified by the images. The following morning, Gray notified Cleveland Mayor Frank Jacksons office and Blaine Griffin, executive director of the citys Community Relations Board, about them.
more: http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local/article_dbe3d33e-ebfd-11e3-aa40-001a4bcf887a.html
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Two things,
1) one of the other, ah, "murals"............ I swear to God Mike Judge ripped off for a recent episode of "Silicon Valley" and
2) I can't be the only person who reads the cadence of that sign and gets Little Feat's "Time Loves A Hero" stuck in his head.
well, we know who Biggie's votin' for:
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)I am interested in the other "murals" too. (I haven't seen "Silicon Valley" yet..so NO spoilers!!)
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)It's definitely Mike Judge-esque... but has its moments.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)1. Are they going to ban him from owning a gas station and fine him a couple million?
2. When is he going to a shul to apologize?
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)One of the murals says Jews say Jesus is going to Hell.
Who is going to break it to the guy that Jews don't really believe in Hell?
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)I am sure when he is told we don't believe in Hell it will be brushed off as a "Zionist lie" or some such nonsense.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)...Why, God, Why?
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)It wouldn't play as well if he looked like this:
Which is probably way more accurate!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Utbay Itay Owknay Etterbay Anthay Ootay Aysay Itay Outay Oudlay Onnay UUU-Day.
http://www.jesuspuzzle.humanists.net/
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)I swear Jesus looked just like Jeffrey Hunter. Or Fabio.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Or is it another gas station? I can't see a politically-motivated Palestinian supporting Ron Paul.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)But then I read the entire sign message from your link:
IF YOU LOVE
GOD AND
COUNTRY?
VOTE FOR
RON PAUL!
JUST FOR
REPUBLICAN
PRIMARIES
OBAMA ALL
THE WAY
BABY!!
Ug. We can't be misleading like this; it will bite us on the ass.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)"we" aren't misleading anyone. I posted the picture as it is in the link.
meti57b
(3,584 posts)For insurrection, the Romans gave their worst form of punishment, and that is what happened to Jesus.