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while that may be the case with abe foxman et al, i don't think it is the case with the rank and file Jews. i readily admit that i have had no exposure to anti-semitism and since i believe we all see things through the prism of our own experiences, i fully expect Jews, who have had different experiences than mine, will see anti-semitism or at least fear it, in places where you or i would not.

but i just saw the film reviewer Tom Friedman, on the Passion, on hannity and colmes and his take is just ludicrous and is a front for an attack, i will grant you that.

Interesting thoughts...

Something to chew on though...

I just finished watching Franco Zeffirelli's made for tv viewing of Jesus of Nazareth. (1977 release) I was curious as to how the Pharisees would be portrayed, and they seem just as conniving as I am sure they are in the Passion of the Christ.

I recall no outcry then that this movie was anti-semetic. A a matter of fact I don't think anyone thought this portrayal to be consider anything other than the story of Christ. It was played for several years during the Lenten Season but eventually fell to the wayside in the 1980's.

Why now, 27 years later is Gibson's movie, that shows The Passion, considered controversial? How have we changed that much in 27 years in regards to our perceptions of faith and God?! (I am talking society now... not you or I.)

Now they show the movie The Ten Commandments, which has little to do with the Passion, other than Jesus coming from the House of David.