tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post115069450058773244..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Newish JewishPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1150855217534747362006-06-20T22:00:00.000-04:002006-06-20T22:00:00.000-04:00Not sure how much basis there is to this, I’m not ...Not sure how much basis there is to this, I’m not particularly knowledgably about French Jews (absent what I get form this site), but could the less meek behavior of French Jews today be less a cause of Jewish nationalism as embodied by Israel and more a product of global changes? <BR/><BR/>The modern movie hero is very rarely meek and very often violent and willing to fight to defend his cause. To the extent that someone grows up watching movies rather than reading philosophy one would expect a more forceful activist reaction to adversity and bigotry.<BR/><BR/>Will<BR/><BR/>(I’ve been in meetings all day so if my brain is friend and this makes no sense that’s the reason)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com