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Christmas Time for the Jews

As Yogi Berra said when advised that the mayor of Dublin was a Jew:  “Only in America!”.  Bonus:  without using the Internet, name some of the Jewish composers who have written classic Christmas Carols.  I will give you Irving Berlin to start out:

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Tito Edwards
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Sunday, December 15, AD 2019 8:35pm

To my great-grandfather who moved out of France possibly due to the anti-Semitic climate. He fled to a country that was much better than France. . . Mexico.

To great-grandpa Flores!

Bob Kurland, Ph.D.
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Monday, December 16, AD 2019 5:21am

I remember as a seven year old asking my parents to get a Christmas tree. They finally did, calling it a Channukah Bush. But I still felt left out.

Foxfier
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Monday, December 16, AD 2019 9:33am

My mom: “What would you say if someone said ‘Happy Hanukkah’?”
Me: “I’d say thank you, especially since that’s awesome.”
mom: “….what?”
Me: “Hey, the Maccabees were total B.A.s! They took on a super-power nation and WON.”
Mom: “…I don’t think that’s quite what they’re celebrating.”
Me: “Well, yeah, one day’s oil lasting eight days is important too, but it wouldn’t have matter if they hadn’t won.”

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