Joan Refuses To Apologize For Offensive Joke.

 
Heidi Klum in the Dress that started the controversy.
Joan Rivers has been blasted by a Jewish pressure group for a joke she made about German supermodel Heidi Klum's daring Oscars outfit.'The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens', said the 79-year-old - herself Jewish - before doubling over with laughter.The veteran comedian made the comment about the Holocaust on Monday's Fashion Police show on E! when reviewing the low-cut shimmering gold dress worn by the German beauty to attend Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party in West Hollywood.
The joke has attracted the wrath of the Anti-Defamation League, an organisation that combats antisemitism, and says Rivers has trivialised an horrific event.ADL leader Abraham Foxman said: 'Of all people, Joan Rivers should know better. This remark is so vulgar and offensive to Jews and Holocaust survivors, and indeed to all Americans, that we cannot believe it made it to the airwaves. 'Making it worse, not one of her co-hosts made any effort to respond or to condemn this hideous statement, leaving it hanging out there and giving it added legitimacy through their silence. 'Almost as bad as her original comment is the fact that she sat there doubled over with laughter after saying it.' He continued: 'There are certain things about the Holocaust that should be taboo. This is especially true for Jews, for whom the Holocaust is still a deeply painful memory. 'It is vulgar and offensive for anybody to use the death of six million Jews and millions of others in the Holocaust to make a joke, but this is especially true for someone who is Jewish and who proudly and publicly wears her Jewishness on her sleeve. Rivers has refused to apologise, claiming her her humour help to keeps the Holocaust in the public consciousness.
DailyMail.