Tovah Feldshuh challenges Adam Brody’s Gaza genocide remarks

Tovah Feldshuh challenged Adam Brody’s characterization of Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, saying that accusing the Jewish people of genocide was “wild” and invoking Hitler’s playbook. The actors star as mother and son in the series Nobody Wants This, but Feldshuh did not name Brody when making her remarks, according to accounts of her interview. Brody expressed his views in a September interview, saying he considered Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide and supported a free Palestine. He also described the death and suffering as awful and said he hoped a future U.S. administration could change policies contributing to the situation. His comments addressed Israel’s conduct, while Feldshuh framed the accusation as one against Jewish people collectively, a distinction reported in accounts of the exchange. In her interview, Feldshuh said the accusation turned the victim into the perpetrator. Asked about accusations made by Jewish people, she said they made a difference to the Jewish community and referred to people with large followings expressing such views. She said the continued existence of Israel was crucial to the democratic and free world and to the global Jewish...