Thursday, October 27, 2005
The overtly antisemitic TV series airing over Ramadan in Jordan (See: Judenhass Nazi display in 'moderate' Jordan) has been cancelled following an appeal by 24 American Rabbis to Jordan's King.
Jordan Cancels Antisemitic TV Series, Following Protest by 24 U.S. Rabbis
The letter of protest was organized by The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. "During the 1930s, too many Americans were silent in the face of rising antisemitism, with tragic results," said Wyman Institute director Dr. Rafael Medoff. "Our generation must not repeat that error. We must speak out against antisemitism today, whenever and wherever it erupts."
The rabbis' letter was sent to the Jordanian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2005. Two days later, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported the Jordanian Embassy's announcement (on Oct. 26) that the series has been cancelled, noting that "a group of rabbis that had met with Jordanian King Abdullah II in September wrote the king a letter urging him to stop the broadcasts."...
Via Judith Apter Klinghoffer who notes:
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