Talia
"That'll fix those kids."
Posted on 12/18/2015 12:12:21 PM PST by Steelfish
While her motive does not seem to be Jewish (her explanation is more liberal than Jew), As a Christian, I too would have objected to the field trip - I would not have been concerned with stopping others who were so inclined, but I certainly would have withheld participation by my own children, as should always be my right as a parent.
When I was in my public elementary school in the early ‘70s, we sang religious as well as secular Christmas songs. One of my classmates, Jacques, was the son of Jewish refugee from WWII era France as a child. They were generally observant, though not Orthodox (hence, they could eat in the public school, but we got free food around Passover).
Jack never minded joining in the songs, and we included a couple of Hanukkah songs, that all of us would sing. If anyone had a prolem, and didn’t sing ... no big deal.
I don't see where he called for deportation nor called for that alleged deportation over "not having faith in Santa." His statement was that non-Christians should recognize that this is a Christian country, and if they "don't like it," they can leave to North Korea.
Here’s a fascinating concept: Rather than demand that a tradition be chucked to meld with your opinions, how about you arrange with the teacher to come in and present something about Rosh Hashanah or other significant Jewish holidays?
That way you’d actually be doing something productive, bringing in the teaching you’re advocating, and maybe encouraging other parents to do the same?
Oh, right, liberals love to force others to do the things they want. Stupid of me to suggest that they actually do something themselves.
You really are nuts! Christianity has its rituals, its holidays, and its celebrations.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks.
Christians and Jews are the people of the Book.
What does visiting Santa have to do with school or learning?
Research of a fable?
Bullying of the mother or her kids isn’t exactly tit for tat.
If you want your kids to visit Santa, get off your rear end and take them. I understand school trips, but all of the ones we went on were to learn something, and to have fun.
What does Santa have to do with Christianity?
Lol! She feels bullied!
By that logic what has the Christmas Tree got to do with Christianity?
I feel sorry for her kid. He’s going to catch hell for the rest of the year, and probably beyond.
Agree. I means Jews who find Christian traditions offensive.
Maybe something to do with the observation of capitalism in action?
A couple of my students got a lesson today. We went to the hardware store to get some paint, and the woman in the line ahead of us was buying large plush reindeer decorations. "Aren't these on sale?" she asked the clerk. "No, ma'am," said the clerk. "They won't be reduced until after Christmas!"
She bullies the district into compliance to HER wishes, then complains that someone bullied her back? LOL What goes around comes around, Snowflake.
“No problem. Please pick up your child at 9:00AM while the rest of us make the trip.â€
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Then ‘they’ can whine about disrupting THEIR live to have to pick the kid up.
Why not have the kid stay at school and spend the day in ‘study hall’ doing home work or other projects???
Seem to recall (even before MY time) there was a time when in Boot Camp the smokers got a break once in a great while.
The non smokers were expected to carry on with what chores they were doing.
Must have been a tobacco Company idea as the number of smokers ‘grew’ each break time.....
Well, Heck.
A trip to the Getty Museum will expose the students to actual IDOLS!
So call Santa an Idol for the Gentiles, and the trip an educational exposure.
/s and /other letters as needed.
She isn’t complaining about a tree, she’s complaining about Santa.
I would ask the same question if she objected to the class going to a tree lighting.
I have heard other wails of bitter pain from a vey small number of Jewish moms about how they feel excluded from Christmas celebrations and object to others celebrating anywhere in public
It must be absolutely painful and awful to live in a country where a lot of people celebrate a holiday you don’t celebrate. How dare they. How personally demeaning and hurtful.
I know when I was in Israel and everything closed for Shabbat and even the hotel elevators ran r.e.a.l slow, I just felt absolute despair at being excluded
(sarc)
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