Word: cyrenian
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...Lord crucifixion. And by people I mean the Jews.” I’d like to hear Gulay’s justification for this, since his article provides none. I saw the film last night, and if Gibson had an antisemitic agenda, he failed miserably. Simon the Cyrenian emerges as a major hero in the second half of the film. As in the gospels, one of the thieves (yes, a Jew) is seen as a sympathetic figure for his genuine remorse. Just as many Jews were depicted in the film as wishing for Jesus’s death...
...Beta Kappa, with one of the highest scholastic records ever made at his Alma Mater. He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School, but theatrical interests have so far kept him from the practice of Law. As an amateur, he has played the title role in Simon the Cyrenian, by Ridgely Torrence, and the leading male role in Taboo, opposite Margaret Wycherly in Manhattan and Mrs. Patrick Campbell in England. For some weeks he was a professional in the big black musical success, Shuffle Along. Two years ago, he married Miss Eslanda Cardozo Goode, colored, Assistant Pathological Chemist...
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