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Israpundit ^ | Dec 27/13 | Sam Bierstock

Posted on 12/26/2013 7:34:37 PM PST by tedbel

Sam Bierstock, MD, writes In Praise of Christians and Christmas

I'm an American Jew—100% full blooded with all four grandparents 100% Jewish as far back as you want to go.

I live in a Christian country—I know it, I recognize it, and I love it.

Please, please—have your Christmas parades, your house decorations, and your nativity scenes. I love New York City at Christmas and festive shopping store windows. I celebrate your joy and the spirit of your holiday season with you. I rejoice for you as you celebrate the birth of your savior.

And THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart, for allowing me to celebrate my own religion and heritage. For allowing my children to grow up in a tolerant society that respects those of us who are in a minority. For allowing us to display our menorahs. For your good wishes in advertisements and station sponsored comments on various television and radio messages at the time of our holidays, and for allowing my children and grandchildren to explain to their friends the wonderful warmth and meaning behind Chanukah, Passover, and our high holidays.

This country was founded as a Christian country, but left the doors open for all of us to enjoy its freedoms. I am a Jew and I am a infatuated patriot who would put his life on the line for this country in an instant—and do so filled with gratitude for what it has given me. I am proud of the outstanding contributions of Jewish war veterans, and I will fight and die beside my Christian countrymen if called to do so. The majority of people who fought our wars, who liberated Hitler's camps that slaughtered my people, who commanded our armed forces,

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TOPICS: Current Events; Ecumenism; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: christians; christmas; jews

1 posted on 12/26/2013 7:34:38 PM PST by tedbel
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To: tedbel

obama does not like Jewish people or Israel

why keep voting him in


2 posted on 12/26/2013 7:48:08 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

Probably for the same reason the Roman Catholics did?


3 posted on 12/26/2013 8:11:51 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino

And the Black Protestants too 95% of them voted for Obama.


4 posted on 12/26/2013 8:13:56 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: tedbel

With the mistake called “Obamacare” coming into full flower, maybe just maybe most Americans are thankfully at last are waking up to the reality that voting for Obama has been a HUGH mistake.


5 posted on 12/27/2013 3:51:50 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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