"Chinese Food for Christmas"
Dec. 18th, 2007 11:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellenkushnerI thought this video was really funny - though I don't really like the way everyone uses Chasidic guys as visual representations of "real Jews." Yeah, they're colorful - but they're a weird sect from Eastern Europe who think it's still 1780 or something! I mean, it's like using the Amish to represent all Christians - or whirling Sufi dervishes to represent all Muslims. Sure, the Chasids think they're the only True Jews around - but must we all encourage them?
I also wanted to say, lest anyone misunderstand my "No Little Baby Jesus" comment, that I love Christmas. I do. We went to a Christmas concert at St. Bart's on Friday night, and I got all emotional - that music is so lovely. I grew up singing and listening to it. It sometimes makes me wish I was a Christian, so I could throw myself wholeheartedly into the passion, the pageantry and the faith. But I'm not. It's not my inheritance. But there is great beauty in every tradition - that's what Sound & Spirit is all about. We can choose a tradition we're not born into, and some do. But I love the one I got. I just like visiting the others, though; it's one of the things I love about our pluralistic society, thank you very much. But it's also one reason I had to write The Golden Dreydl: it begins with a little girl's Christmas Envy . . . and in all my Official Interviews & FAQ's I talk about it, too.
I also wanted to say, lest anyone misunderstand my "No Little Baby Jesus" comment, that I love Christmas. I do. We went to a Christmas concert at St. Bart's on Friday night, and I got all emotional - that music is so lovely. I grew up singing and listening to it. It sometimes makes me wish I was a Christian, so I could throw myself wholeheartedly into the passion, the pageantry and the faith. But I'm not. It's not my inheritance. But there is great beauty in every tradition - that's what Sound & Spirit is all about. We can choose a tradition we're not born into, and some do. But I love the one I got. I just like visiting the others, though; it's one of the things I love about our pluralistic society, thank you very much. But it's also one reason I had to write The Golden Dreydl: it begins with a little girl's Christmas Envy . . . and in all my Official Interviews & FAQ's I talk about it, too.