French (Jewish group) Drop Anti-Semitism Awareness Plan

[Aidoneus]

Jesus the Dirty Jew: didn't go over well, shockingly.

French Drop Anti-Semitism Awareness Plan

PARIS - A Jewish group said Sunday it plans to "modify" its publicity campaign to fight anti-Semitism that showed an image of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary with the slur "Dirty Jew" scrawled across it to mimic graffiti after it drew negative reactions.

"Faced with the reactions to this campaign against anti-Semitism, the Union of Jewish Students of France has decided to modify the visuals," the group said in a statement.

The advertisements were due to be published in French newspapers this week. Last week newspapers ran articles previewing the ads, which were designed to shock and draw attention to France's ongoing battle against anti-Semitism.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&ncid=721&e=6&u=/ap/20041025/ap_on_re_eu/france_anti_semitism

[jdj]

1. damn, that actually sounds like an effective ad

I wish they would run it down here in the south.

too bad they had to scrap it, sounds like a double standard.

[DuctapeFatwa]

2. Many Christians in the US get very angry if you say Jesus was a Jew, too

So it's not just a French thing.

[Ellen Forradalom]

3. Same crowd that thinks the Bible was written in English, right?

*sigh*

[still_one]

4. which version