“The Passion of the Christ” has won the endorsement of Kathie Lee Gifford. Jews who have criticized Mel Gibson’s film on the death of Jesus “have an agenda,” Gifford told Larry King on CNN. The film does not blame all Jews for Jesus’ death, she insisted. “My maiden name is Epstein!” she said Feb. 5. “I’m a Hebrew Christian.”
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