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De Mille Denies Next Film Has Anti-jewish Character

“I accuse those Rabbis and those laymen who have given their approval to the King of Kings, thereby enabling de Mille to advertise that Jews were not merely not opposed to his pleasure but actually were assisting him in promoting it. “I accuse those Christian ministers who have made capital of the King of Kings’ […]

December 4, 1927
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“I accuse those Rabbis and those laymen who have given their approval to the King of Kings, thereby enabling de Mille to advertise that Jews were not merely not opposed to his pleasure but actually were assisting him in promoting it.

“I accuse those Christian ministers who have made capital of the King of Kings’ to indicate their reactionary interpretation of the life of Jesus and the reachings fo the New Testament; who have used the picture as an instrument to ## ill-will in their congregations and in the community against Jerusalem and the Jews.

“I accuse those who, having withnessed the picture in the months since its first public showing have remained ## and allowed a deadly poison to ## into the vains of America and the world.

“This is my in##ment. I am prepared to give names and details to any who wishes to challenge it.”

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