denise,

For the two chronic malcontent Jewish teachers eager to "find fault no matter what" (eye roll) the basic issue has nothing to do with "feelings". It's not some silly hypersensitivity. They're not getting their backs up over trivial differences of style either. It's not about your saying to-may-to and their saying to-mah-to and trying to bully you into pronouncing it their way. Finally, it's got nothing to do with proselytizing.

It's got a lot to do with fear. And it's not an irrational fear, a phobia. It makes perfectly good sense.

They know that Christianity has an abysmal track record when it comes to Judaism: salt and pepper, Astaire and Rogers, Christianity and anti-Semitism

They know enough history to know that the holocaust was not an isolated phenomenon or a fluke. There might even be a personal component here. Perhaps they lost most of their European ancestors during World War II.

They are simply Jews who have learned in the hardest way possible that the price of survival is eternal vigilance and a willingness to speak out. A little "overt Christianity" today, a touch of anti-Semitism tomorrow, and next year....

Russ (who is NOT jewish)