tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post5896609272985519265..comments2023-09-01T07:04:13.381-07:00Comments on Reflections on Faith and Culture: The Untold Stories of Israel's MartyrsGil Bailiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481878663941134090noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-86667734824701879032009-11-09T15:19:18.650-08:002009-11-09T15:19:18.650-08:00A film I highly recommend, Gil and all, is Defianc...A film I highly recommend, Gil and all, is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034303/" rel="nofollow">Defiance (2008)</a>, based on the true events of some Russian Jews who saved and defended their fellows before the SS annihilators.<br /><br />It wrestles with scapegoating, retaliation, legitimate defense, and many other familiar Girardian concepts including rivalry. The heroic brothers are hardly idolized in the film, but valorized, yes.<br /><br />At one point, a rabbi prays, "O God, we have only one request: choose another people. We have no more blood to give..." <br /><br />Truly suggested in these days of intensifying of Jews as scapegoats of the world once more.Athoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.com