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"&lt;img alt=\"0812_mel_gibson_bn_2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/12/0812-mel-gibson-bn-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two powerful Jewish organizations are lashing out against the decision to hire &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/mel-gibson/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mel Gibson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/08/mel-gibson-maccabee-jewish-movie-joe-eszterhas-warner-bros-passion-of-the-christ/?adid=hero2\"&gt;produce a movie about biblical Jewish hero&lt;/a&gt; Judah Maccabee&lt;/strong&gt; ... TMZ has learned. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Anti-Defamation League has released a statement -- demanding Warner Bros. pull Gibson off the flick immediately ... saying, \"As a hero of the Jewish people and a universal hero in the struggle for religious liberty, Judah Maccabee deserves better.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The statement adds, \"It would be a travesty to have the story of the Maccabees told by one \nwho has no respect and sensitivity for other people&amp;#8217;s religious views.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ also spoke with &lt;strong&gt;Rabbi Marvin Hier&lt;/strong&gt; -- founder and Dean of the&lt;strong&gt; Simon Wiesenthal Center&lt;/strong&gt; -- who tells us putting Mel Gibson work on a movie about a Jewish hero is \"like having a white supremacist portray &lt;strong&gt;Martin Luther King Jr.&lt;/strong&gt;\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI -- Judah is a central figure in the story of &lt;strong&gt;Hanukkah &lt;/strong&gt;... as the brave warrior who drove enemies of Judaism out of Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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