Jews for Jesus apologized to Jewish comedian Jackie Mason in order to settle a lawsuit.
The group had distributed a pamphlet over the summer that featured a caricature of Mason and the words: “Jackie Mason … A Jew for Jesus!?”
Mason, who is not a Jew for Jesus, sued for $2 million.
In federal court Dec. 5, Mason accepted an apology instead, along with a promise from Jews for Jesus not to distribute the pamphlet again.
Afterward, Mason told reporters outside the courthouse that the apology acknowledged that “You can’t be a table and a chair. You’re either a Jew or a gentile.”
David Brickner, Jews for Jesus’ executive director, responded, “We wanted you to think about it because” Jesus is “the best Jew that ever lived.”
Mason shot back, “Jesus didn’t believe in Judaism; that’s the reason he became a Christian.” — jta
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