AP Interview: Michael Douglas in Israel for $1 million prize - "embraced his Jewish roots" - Doesn't sound "isn't Jewish" to me, even more of a Tribe than religion. Ironically the rise in antisemitism has mostly been due to Muslim migration into the West that Jews have tireless lobbied for. Outstanding actor. --trma

AP Interview: Michael Douglas in Israel for $1 million prize

JERUSALEM (AP) — When actor Michael Douglas learned that he had been chosen to receive the "Jewish Nobel Prize," he pointed out a small problem: Under strict religious law, the Oscar-winning actor isn't Jewish.

Douglas, who only recently has embraced his Jewish roots, is vowing to use the $1 million Genesis Prize to build bridges between Israel and increasingly assimilated Jewish communities around the world.

"Abraham's tent had its flaps open and so hopefully since approximately half of the Jewish population in the world is outside of Israel, we can find ways to better understand each other and to grow together," Douglas told The Associated Press in an interview. ...

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