"Jews get a bad rap from all this anti-Christmas stuff. It is not Jews who object to Merry Christmas, it is secularists."
I believe you're absolutely correct on all counts. In my experience, Jewish people have been very gracious about the holidays I celebrate. And I, in return, treat their observances with equal amounts of respect.
Secularists, athiests, the ACLU and other agenda-ridden lefties are the perpetrators of the Christmas debacle. It's heartening to see we've got a backlash in play. I vote we go after them and bury this nonsense as quickly as possible.
This has been my experience also. My mother, a Catholic, is no longer with us and neither is her friend, a Jewish man. He ran a store and would decorate with enthusiasm for his Christian patrons, complete with Nativity scene, wishing each Christian patron a sincere Merry Christmas, and a whole section of the store, if not the whole thing, would have decorations that corresponded to Jewish holy days. He and my mom lamented about the secularization of holidays, Hanukah and Christmas.
Secularists, athiests, the ACLU and other agenda-ridden lefties are the perpetrators of the Christmas debacle. It's heartening to see we've got a backlash in play.
This conference is a wonderful idea. I can't wait to hear more about it. What a line up - Rabbi Lapin, Jackie Mason, Don Feder and more. It's a good start. I'm sure it will disturb the actions planned by the aclu/secularist/lefties types.