Rabbi Steve Leder Rebukes Adam Brody Over Gaza 'Genocide' Claim in GQ Interview

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 1

Steve Leder, a technical advisor on Netflix's “Nobody Wants This,” posted an Instagram video Tuesday calling Adam Brody “ignorant” and “disgusting” for saying Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza.
Brody, who plays a rabbi in the series, told GQ magazine, “Put me down as thinking it’s a genocide” and said he wants a “free Palestine,” framing the war as a policy failure he hopes another administration will change.
Leder argued Brody misused the term genocide and spoke flippantly about a subject he did not understand, saying the actor should “say nothing” if he knows nothing about it.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken of the Coalition for Jewish Values and the Israeli-American Council also condemned Brody, saying such claims are false, antisemitic and can inflame violence against Jews.
The backlash landed as Benjamin Netanyahu again rejected genocide allegations against Israel at the UN General Assembly, underscoring how the Gaza war is driving public splits well beyond politics.