[mvpel]

Flying out of La Guardia, and the pilot had never heard of phylacteries? Hm. Maybe he’s from Iowa or something.

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=290&letter=P

[frogjerk]

Flying out of La Guardia, and the pilot had never heard of phylacteries?

That's what I thought as well.

[raybbr]

I have never heard of them either. What makes you think that everyone knows all about Jewish practices?

[LearnsFromMistakes]

Ok, I am from Iowa. My church very much honors the Jewish roots of our Christianity. We sell mezuzah’s in our book store (among other similar items), and I even had a class of kids make their own one year. Don’t be dissing Iowa...(But before attending my current church, I didn’t have a clue about much of this stuff.)