Mel Gibson signs on for movie about Jewish hero Judah Maccabee, upsets Anti-Defamation League BY Adam Rathe DAILY NEWS WRITER Friday, September 9th 2011, 10:47 AM Francois Guillot/Getty Mel Gibson has signed on to make a movie about Jewish folk hero Judah Maccabee. 'What a loser!' 'Beaver' trailer mirrors Gibson's life Mel Gibson finalizes divorce agreement Gothic model denies dating Mel Gibson Cannes finds an epic to be Tree'-mendous 'The Beaver' review: Mel Gibson delivers in this oddly-engrossing, off-kilter drama Mel Gibson turns himself in to be booked on battery charge It's another Chanukah miracle! Mel Gibson , who's almost as famous for his 2006 anti-Semitic diatribe as he is for his film career, is working on a movie about a legendary Jewish warrior, according to Deadline . Gibson, 55, is teaming up with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas