Rabbi Steve Leder, a technical advisor behind Netflix's "Nobody Wants This," called out the series star Adam Brody on Tuesday for saying he believes Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza."Hi Adam, you might not remember me.My name is Rabbi Steve Leder, and I was the technical advisor for Season 1 of 'Nobody Wants This,'" Leder began in an Instagram video to the actor.
"My job was to make sure that your character was authentic and that everything in Season 1 about Judaism was authentic."Leder criticized Brody and called his comments "ignorant," arguing that Brody had mischaracterized the situation in Gaza and treated the issue flippantly. "Your pronouncement the other day about a ‘genocide in Gaza’ was truly shocking.Not only because of your misuse and mischaracterization of your use of the word genocide — there is no genocide in Gaza, there are genocides in other countries happening, but you failed to mention any of them.
You, by your own admission, are a relatively ignorant Jew, and your ignorance really showed the other day," Leder said.BILL MAHER RIPS MACKLEMORE'S GAZA STANCE, SAYS CELEBRITY 'MORAL CONFUSION' IS FUELING ANTISEMITISMActor Adam Brody told GQ magazine that he believes Israel's actions in Gaza amount to "genocide." (Frederic J.Brown / AFP via Getty Images)"If you’re going to use a word like ‘genocide,’ you ought to know what it means," he added.
"And by the way, being so flippant about a word like ‘genocide’ — ‘Hey, put me down for genocide,’ like you’re asking for a table for two at Craig’s — is disgusting.Here’s some more technical advice: If you know nothing about something, you should say nothing about it."Brody, who plays a rabbi in the series, recently suggested in an interview with GQ magazine that Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza. "Put me down as thinking it's a genocide," Brody said.
"Put me down as wanting a free Palestine.It's awful that it's taken so much death and misery, but it does feel lik...