My Mom, 93 today group up in an Orthodox household. While they had a menhorah, there was no other celebration of Hannakuh. In addition to what LP says (I can vouch f or all this - was taught it growing up) Hannakuh was a very minor holiday to most of the devout. Making a big deal of Hannakah was fairly recent in Jewish history, as a sort of answer to Xmas, only happened from the 17th or 18th century forward.
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > In the same way I used to organize sales for the Socialist Workers Party > in Houston in the 1970s, directing people to various grocery stores or > college campuses with bundles of the Militant, the Chabad sends its > young missionaries to what they regard as fruitful opportunities for > converting lost souls. But this Hasidic outreach group is not interested > in saving Christians or Muslims. It is people like me, secular Jews, > that they are trying to reach, based on their presence in front of my > building during Jewish holidays throughout the year. > > Yesterday as I was on the sidewalk in front of my high-rise, one of > these young men, clad in a dark suit and wearing a wide-brimmed fedora > made by Borsalino, approached me to ask if I’d like to have a donut in > honor of Hanukkah. (My building is ecumenical with a Christmas tree and > a Hanukkah menorah in the lobby in an obvious bid to make the Jewish > residents more amenable to chipping in for the staff’s holiday bonus.) > > No thanks, I said. > > full: http://louisproyect.org/2014/12/21/hanukkah-bah-humbug/ > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow Solving the Climate Crisis web page: SolvingTheClimateCrisis.com Grist Blog: http://grist.org/author/gar-lipow/ Online technical reference: http://www.nohairshirts.com
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