Condemned
“Words matter, and so does the willingness to draw a line when legitimate debate gives way to antisemitic tropes.”
Berk said Ruffalo crossed from legitimate debate into antisemitic tropes.
- Speaker
- Jim Berk
- Capacity
- CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
- Observed
- September 5, 2026
- Published here
- September 5, 2026
- Targets
- Mark Ruffalo
- Classification rationale
- He expressly characterized the rhetoric as antisemitic.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Berk commented amid calls for a response to Ruffalo.
After the quotation
His organization joined criticism of the posts.
Evidence
Complete source record
Jewish groups call for Paramount boycott over Mark Ruffalo comments (opens in a new tab)
Reporting collecting reactions from Jonathan Greenblatt, Jim Berk, Ari Ingel, Noah Farkas, and Jack Simony.