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Portland area movie theater at center of antisemitism controversy over marquee advertising 'The Odyssey'

A movie theater outside Portland, Oregon, sparked outrage with a marquee promoting "The Odyssey" that critics called antisemitic and historically false.

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The trailer for the Universal Pictures' epic 'The Odyssey' starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson and Charlize Theron.

A movie theater outside Portland, Oregon, is facing backlash after it displayed a marquee advertising Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" with a provocative message critics are calling antisemitic.

The Lake Theater and Cafe's marquee read, "Before there were the Jews, there was...

The marquee sparked outrage in the Jewish community, and critics claimed the message was historically inaccurate, noting that scholars generally place the composition of Homer's epic in the 8th century B.C., while Jewish history and the Israelites predate that period by several centuries.

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