London Calling!
We were awakened this morning at 5:45 AM by a phone call from a nice fellow from the London Times. He had heard about our web site and asked if they could send a photographer over to take pictures of our cards. I told him we were far from any major US city, but that I'd send him JPEGs of the cards. This evening I looked up Saturdays' paper - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ and sure enough, there we are on the front page of the on-line edition. If anyone saw it in the London Times print edition, please let us know if our URL and a photo were included.
Our favorite quote: "A British rabbi has endorsed the sending of "Chrismukkah" cards to celebrate the Jewish and Christian festivals of Hanukkah and Christmas. The concept was welcomed by Britain's leading Reform rabbi, Dr Jonathan Romain, of Maidenhead Synagogue. Dr Romain, who is organising a seminar in January for mixed-faith couples entitled "I'm Jewish, my partner isn't", said: "It is a very useful way of getting round the delicate religious problem of what greeting card to send a Jewish-Christian couple without upsetting either. The only surprise is that such cards have not been on the market before in view of the high number of mixed-faith marriages in Britain today."
To read the entire story... click over to the "In The News" page.
posted by Ron at 9:47 PM
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There's also a mention to Chrismukkah on the DailyJews.com blog
http://www.dailyjews.com/index.php?p=90
There's a good letter in the London Times today in response to the absurd and offensive Chrismukkah notion: "Why not throw in Diwali and Eid too,to create a month-long 'pick and mix' holiday? No matter that they all commemorate entirely different things". Here here - this is totally ridiculous. You are free to do your own thing but please don't try and mix the unmixable. It's as bad as the insidious and evil 'Jews for Jesus' cult.
Complete Letter to the Editor London Times - November 17, 2004
Season's greetings
Sir, Chrismukkah (report, November 13)? Merry Mazeltov? Oy veh! Why not throw in Eid and Diwali too, to create a month-long “pick and mix” holiday? No matter that they all commemorate entirely different things.
As for Ruth Gledhill’s observation that Hanukkah has grown in prominence because of its proximity to Christmas, there’s just as much evidence (to whit, none) for it being the other way round.
Sincerely,
JONATHAN HOFFMAN,
5 Belmont Close, N20 8QT.
November 14.
The whole idea of the holiday of Chanukah is about the Jews fighting assimilation. Yes that is what the holiday about. It is not about eating potato pancakes or doughnuts. That only shows a major miracle that transpired on Chanukah. The very reason for the so-called necessity for such a holiday called Chrismukkah goes against every principle of Judaism and the Holiday of Chanukah. In Judaism a marriage of a non Jew is not even recognized as a marriage at all. All it is recognized as is a sin. Thus your wonderful Holiday that you made a nice and charming websites about is celebrating a sin. What is next? The Jewish pro-pork eating website? Or the Jewish Lets all eat on Yom Kippur website? The truth is, if the mother is Jewish, the child is Jewish. The father can be a gorilla, it makes no difference. The Truth is a Christian child does not have the right to celebrate Chanukah. Yes he does not have the right. It is a spit in the face to every Jew that actually cares about Judaism. I pity you all, who celebrate it, and for the Jews that do celebrate it, I wish you all a refouah shelaymah. I know, none of you know what it means, go ask your grandmother, if she is still alive. I am sure you all made her very proud by the way. (Note, it was not an insult)
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