ADL demands that Sarandon apologize for calling Pope Benedict a "nazi":
ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman said in a statement, "We hope that Susan Sarandon will have the good sense to apologize to the Catholic community and all those she may have offended with this disturbing, deeply offensive and completely uncalled for attack on the good name of Pope Benedict XVI.Foxman makes two fair point - Sarandon's comments were offensive and such comments do detract from the historical significance of the Holocaust vis a vis the Jewish community.
"Ms. Sarandon may have her differences with the Catholic Church, but that is no excuse for throwing around Nazi analogies. Such words are hateful, vindictive and only serve to diminish the true history and meaning of the Holocaust."