I’m a fan of hers generally, but I thought it was a pretty weak op-ed myself. Particularly because it violates one of the basic rules of cultural writing: See the subject before you write about it. It’s because of that rule I’ve tried to avoid discussing the movie (also because I still have very little desire to see it). Also, as K-Lo’s readers have noted, Himmelfarb compares apples and oranges when she compares Jesus on the Cross to the horrors of the Inquisition. Judaism isn’t about the Inquisition, Christianity is largely about Jesus on the Cross.