The latest Caspari Center Media Review is out and includes this paragraph:
In a column explaining the monthly “hot” colloquialisms in Israeli culture, the business daily newspaper Globes (May 17) reports the frequent use of the words “Jesus Christ” (in English) as a term of frustration on the streets of Tel Aviv. Author Moran Sharir says, “It is heard so much (in Tel Aviv) that an outsider would think that that they were in born-again Christian territory.” Sharir explains, “the way the words ‘Jesus Christ’ are mumbled indicates the level of annoyance.” The author explains that if the irritation is at its highest level then “‘Jesus Christ Almighty’ is needed.”
It is indeed interesting that very few Israelis know anything (accurate) about Jesus, but that so many use his name. Why is it that his name is so attractive as a swear word? Is there any irony that the Jewish people use his name in vain? I think that we can thank Hollywood for this export.