New York, NY - Rabbi Mason Sues Missionary Group for Using his Shtick

New York, NY - Comedian Jackie Mason is suing a missionary group because they damaged him by using his name and likeness in a pamphlet.
"While I have the utmost respect for people who practice the Christian faith, the fact is, as everyone knows, I am as Jewish as a matzo ball or kosher salami," Mason said in documents filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.

The $2 million lawsuit seeks the immediate destruction of the pamphlets, which the group have been handing out at various points around New York City, with information inside about there group, and it also features an image of Mason. "The pamphlet uses my name, my likeness, my 'shtick' (if you will), and my very act, which is derived from my personality, to attract attention and converts," Mason said in an affidavit.
"They picked a guy who's an ordained rabbi, it dosnt speak very well for their judgment, does it?" Said Mason.

A spokeswoman for the group, said the pamphlet was "good-natured."
"Shame on him for getting so upset about this," she said.