Mormons still baptize dead Jews

Or at least, Jewish leadership is unconvinced that they've stopped, despite a prohibition on proxy baptisms dating to 1995 and a face-to-face last year between Utah senator Orrin Hatch [Mormon] and New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton [anything you want her to be]. Quoth WiredNews:

"We have proof, and we are bringing that," said Ernest Michel, chairman of the New York-based World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors

While utterly pointless and probably deeply unsettling for families of the post-life converted, it's super-hilarious to me, given the stark differences betwen the two religions. Orthodox rules are set in place to specifically discourage conversion to Judaism, while Mormons are so desperate for big name play they'll take people against their will and after their death.

Joseph Smith has a nice ring to it, but it's nothing compared to "Anne Frank . . . Ghengis Khan, Joan of Arc, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin a Buddha," all of whom are now Mormons.