Nearly nobody who celebrates Christmas actually believing in the story of the Trinity and immaculate conception or virgin birth. They do it for the warmth of a family gathering and gift giving. Hanukkah, similarly, isn’t actually celebrated with the Hasmonean war with the Syrian Greeks on anyone’s mind, nor do most Jews believe in the mi…
Nearly nobody who celebrates Christmas actually believing in the story of the Trinity and immaculate conception or virgin birth. They do it for the warmth of a family gathering and gift giving. Hanukkah, similarly, isn’t actually celebrated with the Hasmonean war with the Syrian Greeks on anyone’s mind, nor do most Jews believe in the miracle of the oil tin. It’s done for the fun of being together as a family. It’s also a minor religious holiday, and there are no vacation days associated with it in Israel. It’s only an elevated holiday in the diaspora due to the winter break, and specifically due to Christmas. So, the author is frothing at the mouth with hostility to Judaism to a bizarre degree. The dude can pick and choose to be religious or not, but this article is weird, and reeks of his personal axe to grind. I guess that writing at length about how Jews were intolerant two thousand years ago makes him feel better, but the guy can use therapy instead. No kingdoms nor religions at the time were remarkably different nor less combative with their neighbors, especially while occupied. In short, he can give his anger toward Judaism a rest. Jews don’t take Hanukkah that seriously and neither should he.
Nearly nobody who celebrates Christmas actually believing in the story of the Trinity and immaculate conception or virgin birth. They do it for the warmth of a family gathering and gift giving. Hanukkah, similarly, isn’t actually celebrated with the Hasmonean war with the Syrian Greeks on anyone’s mind, nor do most Jews believe in the miracle of the oil tin. It’s done for the fun of being together as a family. It’s also a minor religious holiday, and there are no vacation days associated with it in Israel. It’s only an elevated holiday in the diaspora due to the winter break, and specifically due to Christmas. So, the author is frothing at the mouth with hostility to Judaism to a bizarre degree. The dude can pick and choose to be religious or not, but this article is weird, and reeks of his personal axe to grind. I guess that writing at length about how Jews were intolerant two thousand years ago makes him feel better, but the guy can use therapy instead. No kingdoms nor religions at the time were remarkably different nor less combative with their neighbors, especially while occupied. In short, he can give his anger toward Judaism a rest. Jews don’t take Hanukkah that seriously and neither should he.