Rabbi who advised ‘Nobody Wants This’ slams Adam Brody’s Gaza remark

A Los Angeles rabbi who advised the Netflix hit “Nobody Wants This” is publicly rebuking its star, Adam Brody, over the actor’s description of the war in Gaza as a genocide.

Steve Leder, the former senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, criticized Mr. Brody in an Instagram post, according to Breitbart News. Rabbi Leder, who was a consultant and technical adviser on the show’s first season, and whose synagogue is where creator Erin Foster converted to Judaism, faulted the actor’s grasp of the faith. “If you know nothing about something, you should say nothing about it,” he said, according to Breitbart. He rejected the genocide label for Gaza and criticized what he called Mr. Brody’s flippant use of the word.

Mr. Brody, 46, made the remark in an interview with GQ ahead of the show’s third season, which premieres Oct. 22. “Put me down as thinking it’s a genocide,” the actor said, Variety reported. He also voiced support for a free Palestine and said he had discussed the war often in private but rarely in public.

Mr. Brody, who plays Rabbi Noah Roklov, has said he had a bar mitzvah but knew relatively little about Judaism before taking the role.

He joins other Jewish entertainers, including Hannah Einbinder and Wallace Shawn, who have used the term genocide for the war.

The exchange follows an open letter from Creative Community for Peace, which launched in September with more than 5,000 signatories and has since passed 6,000, rejecting the genocide allegation.