Members were startled that a comedian wanted to make a film about the Holocaust and anxious that even a well-meant comedy could too easily be taken for denial.
But contrary to his previous film where the Holocaust played a leading role, in "The Tiger and the Snow, " the war in Iraq seems little more than a distant backdrop.
"Seven Jewish Children's" success was repeated by the Turkish anti-Semitic action film "Valley of the Wolves- Palestine, " which premiered on January 28 - International Holocaust Memorial Day.