[autopsy]

Wow. It's amazing the effect this film is having on American society prior to it's release. It will surely change many hearts.

[kosta50]

The rabbi makes good points. Too bad more Jews don't express his optimism in their Christian neighbors.

There is always a possibility, indeed probability, that isolated individuals may use the "Passion" as an excuse to vandalize and "revenge" in the name of Jesus, but if Mel Gibson really captured the spirit of the Gospels, everyone will leave the movie heartbroken, but humbled and forgiving.

Jesus was Jewish. The Apostles were Jewish. First Christians were Jewish. Two thirds of our Bible is Judaic, and all of it is Jewish. Anti-semitism cannot proceed from the Gosples. The message of the Gospels is love, forgivness and hope. Only wicked human nature can find fuel for hatred in the Gospels.

[Maximilian]

Remarkable good sense from this rabbi. It would be nice if Michael Jackson's pal Schmuley Boteach and the rest of the rottweileres would learn from his good example.

[waxhaw]

I've been reading what Rabbi Lapin writes for years now. I own a couple of books he's written and have long considered him to be an exceptionally wise man. In the above he hasn't disappointed me; he is speaking the truth. Abe Foxman and his bunch have done considerable harm to the American Jewish community because they present themselves as speaking for all Jews. I pray that each of Rabbi Lapin's three predictions come to pass, especially that of "unreligious people embracing Christianity."

[sfRummygirl]

What a good man. Wow.