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To: churchillbuff
You know what gets me in all this? Chanukkah is the only Jewish holiday many non-Jews know about, and it's all because of political correctness in december. This past october contained every single one of the Jewish fall holidays--each and every one of them far more important than Chanukkah--but no one heard about them. And certainly no one was afraid to wish anyone "happy halloween" for fear of offending Jews!

Has anyone ever heard of T"U BiShevat, the minor Jewish holiday that falls around valentine's day each year? Of course not. How about La"G Ba`Omer, which usually falls around Mother's Day or Memorial Day? Nope. And as for Purim, despite its having an entire book of the Bible about it, forget about hoping someone will wish you a happy Purim in the midst of all the St. Patrick's Day revelry. No sir, all the Jewish holidays have been banished to an Orwellian memory hole except for one, and that one is remembered only as a sort of Jewish "kwanzaa" to promote multiculturalism. Never mind that Chanukkah is the oldest of the three holidays celebrated each year at this time!

I'm a Noachide, which means I believe chr*stmas is wrong. Not "politically incorrect," but simply wrong, which is why I gave it up. But it's no more wrong than halloween, valentine's, or any of the other pagan holidays that our society celebrates so enthusiastically with no regard whatsoever to the sensitivities of Jews or people like me who grew up celebrating chr*stmas but gave it up because of their understanding of G-d's will. Pardon my language, but . . . gobshite.

79 posted on 12/01/2005 8:36:34 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Vehe'emin BeHaShem, vayachsheveha lo tzedaqah.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
>>>>>>No sir, all the Jewish holidays have been banished to an Orwellian memory hole except for one, and that one is remembered only as a sort of Jewish "kwanzaa" to promote multiculturalism.

This is precisely why we hear so much about Hanukkah. Some people don't like to hear this, but the fact reamains that one of the first successful acts of political correctness was the elevation of Hanukkah to an eqaul of Christmas, when it is not--either from a theological, cultural, or historical perspective. Christmas is the second most important feast on the Christian calendar; Hanuakkah is a minor festival, with no basis in the canonical Hebrew Bible.

93 posted on 12/01/2005 9:04:47 AM PST by Thorin ("I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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