Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!wkp From: wkp@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Re: Christmas {report} card Message-ID: <18017@lanl.ARPA> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 10:34:16 EST Article-I.D.: lanl.18017 Posted: Fri Dec 14 10:34:16 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Dec-84 05:19:55 EST References: <2028@nsc.UUCP> <2031@nsc.UUCP> <1014@aecom.UUCP> Sender: newsreader@lanl.ARPA Distribution: net Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 26 > [Jay Zelitsky writes:] > > [Chanukah] is only a very minor holiday and is often not celebrated > in Israel. > What kind of nonsense is this? Why do people talk like they know what they're talking about? I wonder how many *hours* Jay has even spent in Israel to make such a statement. In point of fact, Chanukah is a very joyous holiday in Israel, and is ALWAYS celebrated with special television shows, parties, hikes, etc., etc. [Eliyahu Teitz replies:] > Also, bringing proofs from Israel isn't > valid. After all, they celebrate Independence Day there and I do not consider > it a holiday in any sense of the word. > > Why not? A good case could be made for the fact that it is even a more important holiday than Chanukah. Don't you think that the day that the 2,000 year Diaspora came to an end with the re-establishment of a Jewish state on Jewish soil should be celebrated by * A L L * Jews? bill peter