https://freerepublic.com/tag/coexisting/ en-us Thu, 11 Dec 2014 03:08:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3235983/posts We Jews have two choices in our approach to the Christmas season: resent it or embrace it. I for one vote for a big, sloppy embrace. In the name of love thy neighbor and tolerance, I say we hug it out with Christmas already and teach our kids to do the same. Why? We expect our non-Jewish co-workers, friends and neighbors to show heaps of interest and concern in all things Jewish. During the High Holidays we ask our kids’ teachers not to assign big tests after those long days at shul. We offer unsolicited explanations about why Hanukkah is... The Times of Israel https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3235983/posts#comment Thu, 11 Dec 2014 03:08:45 GMT