The critics of the Passion in here are saying that because the movie had old men in headresses (who looked middle-eastern not "hooknosed") that is was degrading to the Jewish community? Are you critics denying that old men (Pharissees and Sadduccees sp?) wore robes, headresses, and were extremely severe in punishing any dissenters in the ancient Jewish community? Are you denying that a crowd of people in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago would not have been mostly made up of Jewish people?

If you are denying these facts of history, then I would suggest that you reference your own website here, you sound like you may fit in with an "anti-semitic conspiracy theory" crowd -- refusing to accept that the Jewish people of 2,000 years ago DID wear headresses and robes, and DID have religous rulers that ruled Mosaic Law (common law as well) and were NOT flexible in their decisions, as demonstrated in the ancient writings of Josephus where all sorts of atrocities are documented - ALONG WITH THE STORY OF CHRISTS PASSION. Josephus was a JEWISH scribe, well accepted by even the most athiestic scholars as a viable source of biblical historical facts.

A little personal info. I have been to Israel twice before, my wife is a Jewish convert to Christianity. I am not anti-semitic, and I love all my Jewish brothers and sisters. I implore that you must stop calling everyone Anti-semitic- who thinks that during the passover festival 2,000 years ago, in Jerusalem, that a crowd of mostly Jewish people argued for our Christs death. Also, all the bloody violence, in the movie, and in the new testament of the Bible, state that the ROMANS with "pointy noses" were the ones who did all the torture, passed the death sentance, and performed the execution.

You seem to be logical people, I must ask, are you trying to tell me that 2,000 years ago, during passover, in Jerusalem, that it was not 90-95% Jewish population in the city? Logically, if 90% of the population is Jewish, and it is passover festival, one could safely deduce that the "crowd" of people in front of the Roman palace was made up mostly of either Jewish followers of Jesus, regular Jewish people of faith, and secular Romans (maybe a few easterners and africans as well) .

All this being said, I think that actual Jewish folks in here and elsewhere, who are claiming "anti-semitism" from the Passion story, they FEEL like CHRISTIANS somehow think that they are SOLELY responsible for Christs death, which you are obviously not... I put forth that you are insecure in your Jewishness (if you're jewish), or plain anti-passion story in general. These people claim anti-semitism when anyone dares to suggest that the Messiah was indeed condemned to death due to false witness before the Religous leaders in charge at the time. Jewish people can not possibly be held accountable, when it was a mob type crowd, during passover festival 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem.

All peoples are responsible for putting the Messiah to death (which really was part of God's plan anyway, so how could we blame the Jewish people?)