[Tennessee Nana]

Oh...

I had never heard that “bunch of malarkey”

I thought it was about remembering miracles from God...

The God that the Christians and the Jews all worship...

[Zionist Conspirator]

Oh...

I had never heard that “bunch of malarkey”

I thought it was about remembering miracles from God...

The God that the Christians and the Jews all worship...

You're blessed not to have been contaminated with it.

Unfortunately, in mainstream secular Jewish thought Antiochus gets turned into a "bigoted Southern Baptist preacher" and the Maccabees become a forerunner of the American Civil Liberties Union fighting for the right of all people to believe whatever they want to because there is no one true religion.

Then you have the fact that Chanukkah is so associated with Xmas in the American (and American secular Jewish) mentality, so that Xmas is made to represent "benighted faith" and Chanukkah enlightened skepticism. This is the exact opposite of what the festival is really about.

[Canedawg]

I thought it was about remembering miracles from God...
The God that the Christians and the Jews all worship...

One of the reasons that I, of Jewish faith, continue to come here, and love reading all the different forums on FR is that I believe so many of you would do what Corrie ten Boom did, if you were presented with a similar situation. God bless you.