February 26, 2004
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Jews brace for new wave of anti-Semitic sentiment
Post / Kathryn Scott Osler
An anti-Semitic billboard along Colorado Bouldevard concerns two men who gathered for an evening prayer at a Denver synagogue.
It's been two decades since white supremacists murdered a Jewish talk-show host in his Denver driveway; a quarter-century since the Klan marched on an Orthodox synagogue here.
Nonetheless, the Ash Wednesday release of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" makes some in the area's Jewish community wary.
Those fears were heightened Wednesday when the Lovingway United Pentacostal Church posted a billboard along South Colorado Boulevard proclaiming, "Jews killed the Lord Jesus ... Settled."
After complaints of anti-Semitism, Gibson reportedly removed the English subtitles from the scene in his movie where, as recounted in Matthew 27:25, the high priest Caiaphas makes his much-debated pronouncement: "His blood be upon us and our children."
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i have heard that sort of comment here too dingus.. lets hope it doesnt come anywhere near to that.. its as if some of us are conditioned to hate someone..
an appalling situation..
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