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A conservative Jewish leader has blasted the Anti-Defamation League for the group’s alleged “hysterical rantings” over the upcoming Mel Gibson-produced movie, The Passion of Christ.

Orthodox Rabbi Daniel Lapin, president of the Seattle-based Jewish group Toward Tradition, said the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) panel discussion last week criticizing The Passion of Christ might end up jeopardizing relations between Jews and Christians.

The ADL’s Abraham Foxman had alleged that Gibson was “seriously infected with some very, very serious anti-Semitic views” for underwriting the movie about Jesus’ crucifixion.

“In a way that has been unprecedented in 2,000 years, there is an atmosphere of friendship and mutual respect between Jews and Christians in America, literally of the kind that has not been seen in 2,000 years, and this is being jeopardized – flagrantly jeopardized by Abraham Foxman in a cynical attempt to promote the agenda of secular liberalism,” Lapin told CNSNews.com. Lapin’s group seeks to promote harmony between Christians and Jews.

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