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    Both Sides of The Passion

    Mel Gibson has produced a controversial film about the last 12 hours of Christ's life. It's creating a stir with its graphic depiction of his death, raising new charges of anti-Semitism. Will Lewis speaks with two religious leaders who have seen a rough-cut of the movie and have come away with distinctly different opinions.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Sarah Spitz • Sep 2, 2003 • 1 min read

    Rabbi Eugene Korn is national director of interfaith affairs of the Anti-Defamation League and adjunct professor of Jewish thought at Seton Hall University, a Catholic institution. He has been a long time educator involved in interfaith issues, he-s a noted lecturer, editor and writer, whose opinion pieces have appeared in numerous publications.

    Francis X. Maier is chancellor and special assistant to the Archbishop of Denver. A former editor-in-chief of the National Catholic Register, he spent time writing magazine articles in New York. He has a master's degree in film and TV production from New York University; and he even spent time in Hollywood as a fellow at the American Film Institute-s Center for Advanced Film Studies.

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