The Borat character has been accused of anti-Semitism but Baron Cohen , himself a Jew , has explained that the segments are a " dramatic demonstration of how racism feeds on dumb conformity , as much as rabid bigotry . " " Borat essentially works a tool . By himself pretending to be anti-Semitic , he lets people lower their guard and expose their own prejudice , " Baron Cohen explained to '' Rolling Stone '' . Baron Cohen , the grandson of a Holocaust survivor , says he wishes in particular to expose the role of indifference : ( The actual line from Kershaw 's 1983 book '' Popular Opinion and Political Dissent in the Third Reich '' was that " the road to Auschwitz was built by hate , but paved with indifference " . ) However , the Anti-Defamation League , a United States-based group that " ... combat s anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds " , complained to HBO after Borat performed his country western song " In My Country There Is Problem " . It called on people to " throw the Jew down the well " , warning that " you must be careful of his teeth " and that " you must grab him by his money " , and was welcomed with applause and participation by some members of an audience in Tucson , Arizona . The full chorus goes : " Throw the Jew down the well / So my country can be free / You must grab him by his horns / Then we have a big party . " Regarding the enthusiastic response to " In My Country There Is Problem " , he says , " Did it reveal that they were anti-Semitic ? Perhaps . But maybe it just revealed that they were indifferent to anti-Semitism . " In another scene , Borat visits the Serengeti Range ranch in Texas , where the owner of the ranch confides that he believes the Holocaust was a necessity for Germany . He further implies that he would have no moral qualms about running a ranch where people can hunt , in Borat 's words , " deer ... then Jew . " An interview with James Broadwater , an evangelical Christian and Republican candidate for the United States ' Congress from Mississippi , caused Broadwater to receive some hate emails after an episode of '' Da Ali G Show '' aired in which Broadwater stated that all non-Christians ( including Jews ) will go to Hell . He was told that the interview would be played in foreign countries to teach others about the American political system . Broadwater later posted a letter on his website denouncing '' Da Ali G Show , '' explaining that his statement referred to a theological belief that anyone that " accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour will spend eternity in Heaven , while everyone who rejects Him will spend eternity in Hell . " Broadwater did not apologise for his comments . Instead , he insisted that " the liberal , anti-God media needs to be brought under the strict control of the FCC , and that as soon as possible . " In the film , Borat continues his anti-Semitic stance . When he mentions his decision to avoid flying while in America , Borat says that his colleague " insists we not fly in case the Jews repeat their attack of 9/11 " . Later , he finds himself in a bed & breakfast run by a kind elderly Jewish couple . He tries to " escape " , and throws money at two woodlice that have crawled into his room , apparently believing that the Jewish hosts have shapeshifted into the tiny woodlice . He was amazed that they had managed to look human , and states that one " can hardly see their horns " . Borat is completely oblivious to his hosts ' religious beliefs or ethnicity when he first meets them , despite how obvious it is : the man wears a kippah and the woman openly displays her paintings of Jewish people all over the house . Borat does not understand until the woman explicitly states to him : " I 'm Jewish . " The film has enjoyed particular success in Israel because Israeli filmgoers understand what Borat is really saying when he is supposedly spouting Kazakh : throughout the film , Borat speaks fluent Hebrew , Ike his assistant speaks Armenian
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