Moronic Brooklyn Jew Drops Out Of Natalie Portman Movie, Cites Some Kind Of Idiotic Religious Justification

We’ve been pretty animated about the recent open and not so open excesses of ultra-orthodox Jews. And the idiots who were clashing with Israeli police today obviously need to be put in their place. We understand, though, that the religious-secular divide is a heated issue. People of good will can differ on how to apportion blame for tensions. Fair enough. And yet – and yet – surely we can all come together and declare that this guy is moronic:

An aspiring actor has quit a movie starring Natalie Portman because it outraged his ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious community, the actor said. “Rabbis didn’t like the idea of a Hasidic guy playing in Hollywood,” said Abe Karpen, a Brooklyn cabinet salesman cast as Portman’s husband in the upcoming “New York I Love You.” The project, a collection of 12 short love stories, has been shooting in New York. Karpen, 25, told the Daily News a rabbi raised objections after he filmed a scene with Portman on Wednesday. “This is when I woke up and saw that I made a big mistake,” said Karpen, a father of three. “My community, where I live, means everything to me.”

Signs your religious community is wrong about Judaism: they tell you that God doesn’t want you to be in a movie with Natalie Portman. It’s like a physicist showing up with a design for a perpetual motion machine. You’re not sure exactly where he went wrong – but you still know in advance that he can’t be right. Here’s a video of her being hot on Israeli TV. Just because: