Rabbi who worked on Adam Brody's Netflix show slams actor over Gaza comments
Adam Brody, who stars as Rabbi Noah Roklov in Netflix's "Nobody Wants This," recently made waves with his comments on the situation in Gaza, prompting criticism from a real-life rabbi who was a consultant on the show.When asked about his stance on Israel and Gaza in a recent interview with GQ, Brody said, "Put me down as thinking it's a genocide.Put me down as wanting a free Palestine.
It's awful that it's taken so much death and misery, but it does feel like it's reaching a breaking point that it should have a while ago."Brody's remarks caught the attention of Rabbi Steve Leder, a Los Angeles-based rabbi who served as a consultant on the first season of "Nobody Wants this." Leder, who advised production on the show's portrayal of Judaism and Brody's role as a rabbi, posted a video to Instagram slamming the actor for his "flippant" remarks."The flippancy was adding insult to injury, in my opinion, and needed to be addressed," Leder told Fox News Digital about why he posted the video to social media."That is a word and that is a geopolitical situation that warrants anything but flippancy." 'NOBODY WANTS THIS' STAR ACCUSES ISRAEL OF 'GENOCIDE'"Nobody Wants This" star Adam Brody sparked controversy with his recent remarks on Israel and Gaza.
(Leon Bennett/Getty Images)Leder emphasized that the word "genocide" has a specific definition and that Brody's use of it to describe what happened in Gaza was inaccurate.He quoted the United Nations' definition of genocide, which says the term is meant to describe a situation in which specific acts are carried out "with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.""Israel's war is against Hamas.
It is not against a nationality, it is not against an ethnicity, it is not a race, it is not against a religion," Leder told Fox News Digital."There are many nationalities, ethnicities, races and religious people of various faiths living in Israel, comprising Israel's neighbors, and Israel h...