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By Matthew E. Berger
Reprinted news article about TV talk show host Bill O’Reilly’s comments that Jews who don’t like public school celebrations of Christmas should move to Israel.
Date: 08-08-2006
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By Teresa McMahon
Personal narrative by Catholic woman raising Jewish kids who missed having a real Christmas tree but worried that having one would threaten her kids’ Jewish identities. When she was sick, her husband and kids got a tree
Date: 08-09-2006
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By Gary Goldhammer
Personal narrative by a Jewish man who is raising his daughter Jewish, yet fears that she will be confused and angry when she learns that her religious Christian grandmother thinks she cannot reach heaven as a Jew.
Date: 08-08-2006
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By Dawn C. Kepler
Professional advice from two outreach professionals on Fearing the Holidays, an article about a non-Jewish woman grappling with the December
Date: 12-14-2006
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By Dan Friedman
Personal narrative about an intermarried man who helped his in-laws decorate a Christmas tree, but considers it a secular celebration.
Date: 08-10-2006
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By Magnus Bennett
Reprinted news article about a hugely successful outreach effort in Prague, when thousands of people attended a Hanukkah event at a time when the Jewish community is just starting to accept alternatives to Orthodoxy.
Date: 08-08-2006
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By Lisa Keys
Reprinted news article about how Jews are becoming more accepting of Christmas, which they see as a secular American holiday.
Date: 08-08-2006
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By Douglas Smith
Personal narrative from a Jew-by-choice about celebrating his first Hanukkah--he was alone, but it still felt right.
Date: 08-09-2006
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By Jim Keen
Personal narrative from the Protestant half of an intermarried couple describing how his family has negotiated the December Dilemma: they have made it a delight by spending both Christmas and Hanukkah with family and friends.
Date: 08-09-2006
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By Emily Cappo
Personal narrative about an intermarried woman’s first Christmas--she liked some parts, like the smell and beauty of the Christmas tree, while other parts made her feel uncomfortable, such as sitting while her husband kne
Date: 08-09-2006