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Jim Berk, CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, defended Paramount after the studio labeled actor Mark Ruffalo’s anti‑merger remarks as “antisemitic.” Berk emphasized that language matters and praised Paramount for drawing a line when debate crosses into antisemitic tropes. He said the studio’s clear stance against allowing prejudice to disguise itself as political or corporate criticism is important amid frequent minimization of antisemitism.

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