Adam Brody has been lambasted byformer “Nobody Wants This” technical consultant, Rabbi Steve Leder, who called the actor an “ignorant Jew” over his comments on Palestine.
“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,’” he began in a social media video, responding to Brody’s recently published comments to GQ — in which he referred to Israel’s attack on Gaza as a genocide.
“My job was to make sure that your character was authentic and that everything in Season 1 about Judaism was authentic,” he went on.
“Your pronouncement the other day about a genocide in Gaza was truly shocking, not only because of your misuse and mischaracterization 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.
“If you’re gonna use a word like ‘genocide,’ you oughta know what it means, he continued, calling the way Brody referred to the term as “so flippant” and “disgusting,” while likening it to “asking for a table for two at Craig’s.”
“Here’s some more technical advice: If you know nothing about something, you should say nothing about it.”
Brody previously told GQ when asked about his stance on the Isreal-Gaza conflict, “Put me down as thinking it’s a genocide. Put me down as wanting a free Palestine.”
He added that he’s “hopeful that another administration can really do some good and correct some of these policies that are helping that situation be as awful as it is.”
In Netflix’s hit series, Brody plays Rabbi Noah Roklov, who begins an unlikely romance with a non-Jewish podcaster Joanne Williams, who is played by Kristen Bell.
As the series progresses, the formerly agnostic podcaster makes the decision to convert to Judaism amid the relationship, while learning about his family’s culture.
A rep for Brody did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment on Wednesday evening.
Brody isn’t the first celebrity to court controversy with an opinion on the conflict.
Earlier this month, “Thrift Shop” hitmaker Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s “Loop Tour”after giving a mid-performance “Free Palestine” speech, which led to a “painful disagreement” with the headliner.
Other opening acts for Sheeran’s tour — as well as his own backing band — backed out of the tour in support of Macklemore, who pledged his tour earnings to Palestinian aid organizations and subsequently organized his own “Free Palestine Tour,” set to launch in October.
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