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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere's a war on Christmas--- in Israel!!!
Last edited Tue Dec 25, 2012, 06:04 AM - Edit history (1)
Terror lurking in a Christmas tree? Israel tries to ban non-Jewish celebrations
I wonder what those wacky FOX News hosts will say about this?
But who would imagine that Israeli Jews could be so intimidated by the innocuous Christmas tree?
This issue first came to public attention two years ago when it was revealed that Shimon Gapso, the mayor of Upper Nazareth, had banned Christmas trees from all public buildings in his northern Israeli city.
This issue first came to public attention two years ago when it was revealed that Shimon Gapso, the mayor of Upper Nazareth, had banned Christmas trees from all public buildings in his northern Israeli city.
Complete with a 'Grinch'! The holidays never disappoint!
Although neither Gapso nor the government has published census figures to clarify the citys current demographic balance, most estimates suggest that at least a fifth of Upper Nazareths residents are Palestinian. The citys council chamber also now includes Palestinian representatives. But Gapso is not alone in his trenchant opposition to making even the most cursory nod towards multiculturalism. The city's chief rabbi, Isaiah Herzl, has refused to countenance a single Christmas tree in Upper Nazareth, arguing that it would be offensive to Jewish eyes.
That view, it seems, reflects the official position of the countrys rabbinate. In so far as they are able, the rabbis have sought to ban Christmas celebrations in public buildings, including in the hundreds of hotels across the country.
A recent report in the Haaretz newspaper, on an Israeli Jew who grows Christmas trees commercially, noted in passing: hotels under threat of losing kashrut certificates are prohibited by the rabbinate from decking their halls in boughs of holly or, heaven forbid, putting up even the smallest of small sparkly Christmas tree in the corner of the lobby.
In other words, the rabbinate has been quietly terrorising Israeli hotel owners into ignoring Christmas by threatening to use its powers to put them out of business. Denying a hotel its kashrut (kosher) certificate would lose it most of its Israeli and foreign Jewish clientele.
That view, it seems, reflects the official position of the countrys rabbinate. In so far as they are able, the rabbis have sought to ban Christmas celebrations in public buildings, including in the hundreds of hotels across the country.
A recent report in the Haaretz newspaper, on an Israeli Jew who grows Christmas trees commercially, noted in passing: hotels under threat of losing kashrut certificates are prohibited by the rabbinate from decking their halls in boughs of holly or, heaven forbid, putting up even the smallest of small sparkly Christmas tree in the corner of the lobby.
In other words, the rabbinate has been quietly terrorising Israeli hotel owners into ignoring Christmas by threatening to use its powers to put them out of business. Denying a hotel its kashrut (kosher) certificate would lose it most of its Israeli and foreign Jewish clientele.
sorry, forgot link. here it is: http://mondoweiss.net/2012/12/lurking-christmas-celebrations.html
So here's your realtime, realworld War on Christmas, right winger Free-Bagger nutzos! What are you gonna do, criticize Israel? I dare you, double dawg dare you!
C'mon, what's more important? Israel having a free pass, or Christmas trees? What's really your priority?
My bet is that they will stay silent. What's yours?
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There's a war on Christmas--- in Israel!!! (Original Post)
agentS
Dec 2012
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former-republican
(2,163 posts)2. Send this over to Bill O'Reilly