
Portland area movie theater at center of antisemitism controversy over marquee advertising ‘The Odyssey’
- Oregon cinema marquee for "The Odyssey" called antisemitic and inaccurate
- Message partly removed but persisted on one side of sign
- Rabbi links incident to recent swastika vandalism and rising antisemitism concerns
A movie theatre in Lake Oswego, Oregon, just south of Portland, has drawn criticism after its marquee promoting Christopher Nolan's film "The Odyssey" read, "Before there were the Jews, there was... The Odyssey." Jewish community members and other critics called the message antisemitic and historically inaccurate, noting that…






