this is for all the non-christmas celebraters.

what do you guys want?

no love for the jews.

Originally posted by theanswerman
no love for the jews. You said for non-christmas celebraters, fool. :o

I love Jews. Jews are cool.

Originally posted by *Pleasant Tomorrow*


I love Jews. Jews are cool.

Thankyou. :D My grandfather was Jewish so I always like to give the religion respect and always like to acknlowledge the Jewish holidays like Hannukkah.

I celebrate Christmas too but I think I'm getting a CD for the first night of Hanukkah...I don't know what else I'm getting though. I didn't ask for much in particular.

Originally posted by crystals
Thankyou. :D My grandfather was Jewish so I always like to give the religion respect and always like to acknlowledge the Jewish holidays like Hannukkah.

Hope you get a lot of presents too!

Originally posted by crystals
Thankyou. :D My grandfather was Jewish so I always like to give the religion respect and always like to acknlowledge the Jewish holidays like Hannukkah.

I'm Christian so I celebrate Christmas, but I've always wanted to know what Hannukkah was about. Can you enlighten me?

Hoo boy.

Ok. Chanukkah (or Hanukkah, or chanukka, or...any of the other multiple hebrew to english transliterations) is a MINOR Jewish holiday celebrating the miracle of the Temple's oil lasting for eight days, as opposed to the one day it was supposed to last, thereby giving the Jews adequate time to make more oil to light the menorahs in the temple.

-OR-

Chanukkah is a feeble attempt by Americans to "include" the Jews in their annual winter shopping-binge by fumbling around till they finally got their hands on Chanukkah, as it was the closest holiday to Christmas.


Again, it is a minor holiday, and until the last few decades, had nothing to do with gift giving, or any of those crappy songs they make kids in elementary school choirs sing during their "holiday medleys."

Quit shtupping up our holidays. We were doing just fine without all the blatant consumerism.

I'm a halfie, but with my direct family, we celebrate XMAS, but Jewish relatives give me presents for Hannukah, but my parents give me presents on christmas

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days, commencing on the 25th day of the month of Kislev (November/December), to commemorate the victory of the Jews over the Hellenist Syrians in 165 BCE.
Following their victory, the Maccabees, sons of the Priestly Hasmonean family which led the Jews in their revolt against the Syrian overlords, entered the Holy Temple in Jerusalem defiled by the Syrian invaders, cleansed it and dedicated it anew to the service of God. Then, in memory of their victory, the Maccabees celebrated the first Hanukkah.


The Talmud, the body of Jewish oral law, relates how the Judean heroes, led by Judah Maccabee, were making ready to rededicate the Temple and were unable to find enough undefiled oil to light the lamps. However, in one of the Temple chambers, they finally came upon a small cruse of oil which under normal circumstances, would have lasted only one evening. Miraculously, this small amount of oil kept the Temple lights burning, not for one night, but for all the eight nights until new oil fit for use in the temple could be obtained. This is the miracle commemorated by the kindling of the Hanukkah lights.


http://www.ort.org/ort/hanukkah/history.htm

yay!

:menorah:

Originally posted by Pirate Jenny
Hoo boy.

Very well put. It sucks to have folks who don't know stars about the subject they are writing or talking about speak on it anyway. Worse yet, it is especially tough when it is clear that they don't care if they know stars or not.

Likewise in the case when they are either Being blisfully ignorant or blisfully(?) being paid to write or speak stars declaring what something is, or is not, when they either don't know or -- worse yet -- do know but choose to lie and mislead.

Originally posted by Kitt
Very well put. It sucks to have folks who don't know stars about the subject they are writing or talking about speak on it anyway. Worse yet, it is especially tough when it is clear that they don't care if they know stars or not.

Likewise in the case when they are either Being blisfully ignorant or blisfully(?) being paid to write or speak stars declaring what something is, or is not, when they either don't know or -- worse yet -- do know but choose to lie and mislead.

Yah, insincere PC is the worst.

Originally posted by Kitt
Very well put. It sucks to have folks who don't know stars about the subject they are writing or talking about speak on it anyway.

No kidding.

Let us hail two WICKED AWESOME Jewish celebrities :woohoo: :rock:

y :rock:

what celebrities aren't Jewish??

The Jewish money guy theory, huh, Barwars?
Headshake....

Originally posted by barwars
what celebrities aren't Jewish?? Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez arn't!!! :happyface

Originally posted by *Pleasant Tomorrow*
Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez arn't!!! :happyface

Edit:

What talented celebrities aren't Jewish??

Let's say there's this Reform Jewish family who recently moved into a majority-Christian city of 10,000. Its last synagogue closed-down decades ago. That family, obviously, doesn't celebrate Christmas, but will they be forced to give in to the Christian majority, especially if most of those Christians are Baptist? That city formerly had a small, yet somewhat vibrant Jewish community, but not anymore, and there are zero Jewish folks in that city.

And you know what's not going to help matters for that Jewish family? Hanukkah in 2021 was a couple of weeks prior to Christmas (November 28-December 6).

Let's say there's this Reform Jewish family who recently moved into a majority-Christian city of 10,000. Its last synagogue closed-down decades ago. That family, obviously, doesn't celebrate Christmas, but will they be forced to give in to the Christian majority,

If the father owns a shopping mall, he will be celebrating Christmas, but in his own way.

Originally posted by theanswerman
no love for the jews.Ah man!!