Abraham Foxman makes it clear: that it is anti-Semitic not to cast him in the lead role in the movie about Judah Macabee : "“As a hero of the Jewish people and a universal hero in the struggle for religious liberty, Judah Maccabee deserves better. It would be a travesty to have the story of the Maccabees told by one who has no respect and sensitivity for other people’s religious views.”" As is well-known, Foxman had played many roles in the past but he was not the "gay lesbian girls in Damascus"--all rumors to the contrary not withstanding.