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Jews have made inroads into the nation's mainstream to a degree that would have been unimaginable 50 years ago. Yet even in the midst of that success, they live with this constant nugget of fear, this need to be on guard, lest acceptance erode and yesterday's nightmares come roaring back.

Hardly! Quick -- think of Sen. Chuckie Schumer, mister in-your-face; think of Jerry Nadler, Representative from NY/McDonald's -- do THEY strike you as "on guard"? "Holding back?" I don't think so.

think of Sen. Chuckie Schumer, mister in-your-face; think of Jerry Nadler, Representative from NY/McDonald's -- do THEY strike you as "on guard"? "Holding back?" I don't think so.

Then what do you think motivates their behavior and why?

Don't get me wrong....Schumer is, IMHO, such a despicable character that anything he says or does is immediately suspect. But a number of Jews are concerned....they are "on guard". And they do hold back on certain issues - for example, the issue of Jonathan Pollard (I'm just using it an an example - don't start a separate thread about the issue) doesn't receive the support of these "high-profile" Jews. They are "on guard" and "holding back". With Mel's movie, they aren't....for very obvious reasons.