Menorah - ok for non-Jew?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Before October 7th, I would have been annoyed and felt like it was cultural appropriation. But now... I very much appreciate the solidarity. Please do if you feel so moved. Thank you for caring.

October 7 was an attack on the colonial state of Israel, not Judaism.

You are completely lost if this is your thinking. Btw, Channukah is a Zionist holiday so you shouldn’t celebrate it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please - this not a political debate - genuine religious question
One of my Jewish friends posted that people should buy & light menorahs in their window to show love & support for their Jewish friends during Chanukah in light of the Bondi massacre.
I’m a spiritualist and do not follow any organized religion.
Would it be offensive or wrong for a non-Jewish person to have a menorah in the window?

Has your friend confused Chanukah with being an important Jewish holiday? It's not.

In American it is....

No, it’s still not an important Jewish holiday, even here. It gets more attention here from a lot of Jews than it does elsewhere, because there’s another big holiday around the same time of year that a lot of us don’t celebrate but the wider culture does, but that doesn’t make it important.

It's the most celebrated Jewish holiday in America.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please - this not a political debate - genuine religious question
One of my Jewish friends posted that people should buy & light menorahs in their window to show love & support for their Jewish friends during Chanukah in light of the Bondi massacre.
I’m a spiritualist and do not follow any organized religion.
Would it be offensive or wrong for a non-Jewish person to have a menorah in the window?

Has your friend confused Chanukah with being an important Jewish holiday? It's not.

In American it is....

No, it’s still not an important Jewish holiday, even here. It gets more attention here from a lot of Jews than it does elsewhere, because there’s another big holiday around the same time of year that a lot of us don’t celebrate but the wider culture does, but that doesn’t make it important.

It's the most celebrated Jewish holiday in America.

because it's near Xmas. That's the only reason.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please - this not a political debate - genuine religious question
One of my Jewish friends posted that people should buy & light menorahs in their window to show love & support for their Jewish friends during Chanukah in light of the Bondi massacre.
I’m a spiritualist and do not follow any organized religion.
Would it be offensive or wrong for a non-Jewish person to have a menorah in the window?

Has your friend confused Chanukah with being an important Jewish holiday? It's not.

In American it is....

No, it’s still not an important Jewish holiday, even here. It gets more attention here from a lot of Jews than it does elsewhere, because there’s another big holiday around the same time of year that a lot of us don’t celebrate but the wider culture does, but that doesn’t make it important.

It's the most celebrated Jewish holiday in America.

because it's near Xmas. That's the only reason.

and CHRISTmas isn't really even a big deal compared to Easter for Christians

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please - this not a political debate - genuine religious question
One of my Jewish friends posted that people should buy & light menorahs in their window to show love & support for their Jewish friends during Chanukah in light of the Bondi massacre.
I’m a spiritualist and do not follow any organized religion.
Would it be offensive or wrong for a non-Jewish person to have a menorah in the window?

Has your friend confused Chanukah with being an important Jewish holiday? It's not.

In American it is....

No, it’s still not an important Jewish holiday, even here. It gets more attention here from a lot of Jews than it does elsewhere, because there’s another big holiday around the same time of year that a lot of us don’t celebrate but the wider culture does, but that doesn’t make it important.

It's the most celebrated Jewish holiday in America.

That doesn’t make it important.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please - this not a political debate - genuine religious question
One of my Jewish friends posted that people should buy & light menorahs in their window to show love & support for their Jewish friends during Chanukah in light of the Bondi massacre.
I’m a spiritualist and do not follow any organized religion.
Would it be offensive or wrong for a non-Jewish person to have a menorah in the window?

Has your friend confused Chanukah with being an important Jewish holiday? It's not.

In American it is....

No, it’s still not an important Jewish holiday, even here. It gets more attention here from a lot of Jews than it does elsewhere, because there’s another big holiday around the same time of year that a lot of us don’t celebrate but the wider culture does, but that doesn’t make it important.

It's the most celebrated Jewish holiday in America.

because it's near Xmas. That's the only reason.

My Jewish friend told me this also. It’s really for Jewish kids so they don’t feel left out during Christmas. It is not their most important Jewish holiday. My kid loves cats. When my kid was 5 or 6, she gave my kid a cat menorah. She came over and we lit candles during Chanukah. We played dreidel with chocolate coins and had latkes. My kid still remembers.

[Anonymous]

don't see how this is offensive- if they were pretending to do it for their own religious purpose, weird, but if they wanted to doit in solidarity to make it safer for us Jews to feel comfortable- great-- my spouse refuses to allow any inflatable chanukah decorations as he thinks it's dangerous (and he was proved right this week in CA)- would be happy if houses that had over the top decor added an inflatable menorah as it'd make me feel more comfortable to do the same

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I have a friend who’s doing this in solidarity and I think it’s lovely.

Whereas in my interfaith household, my spouse vetoed us putting a menorah in the window. They don’t want our house to be a target. I get it, but it also makes me sad. I’d like other Jews walking down the street to feel less alone.

[Anonymous]

Putting a menorah in your window is not dangerous in NW D.C. (Proof: We have been putting menorahs in windows in neighborhoods east and west of Rock Creek Park for more than 15 years.)

Too late for this Chanukah, but no one should have any anxiety about doing it next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who’s doing this in solidarity and I think it’s lovely.

Whereas in my interfaith household, my spouse vetoed us putting a menorah in the window. They don’t want our house to be a target. I get it, but it also makes me sad. I’d like other Jews walking down the street to feel less alone.

"Interfaith household" is terminology that I hope doesn't exist for too much longer.

[Anonymous]

As a jew I don't find this offensive and see it as a sign of solidarity in this time of normalized Jewish hate aka antisemitism which is real and very scary.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please - this not a political debate - genuine religious question
One of my Jewish friends posted that people should buy & light menorahs in their window to show love & support for their Jewish friends during Chanukah in light of the Bondi massacre.
I’m a spiritualist and do not follow any organized religion.
Would it be offensive or wrong for a non-Jewish person to have a menorah in the window?

Has your friend confused Chanukah with being an important Jewish holiday? It's not.

In American it is....

No, it’s still not an important Jewish holiday, even here. It gets more attention here from a lot of Jews than it does elsewhere, because there’s another big holiday around the same time of year that a lot of us don’t celebrate but the wider culture does, but that doesn’t make it important.

It's the most celebrated Jewish holiday in America.

because it's near Xmas. That's the only reason.

Xmas is only a big deal because it's near Yule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who’s doing this in solidarity and I think it’s lovely.

Whereas in my interfaith household, my spouse vetoed us putting a menorah in the window. They don’t want our house to be a target. I get it, but it also makes me sad. I’d like other Jews walking down the street to feel less alone.

In this story, is your spouse the Jew, or are you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who’s doing this in solidarity and I think it’s lovely.

Whereas in my interfaith household, my spouse vetoed us putting a menorah in the window. They don’t want our house to be a target. I get it, but it also makes me sad. I’d like other Jews walking down the street to feel less alone.

"Interfaith household" is terminology that I hope doesn't exist for too much longer.

Care to explain yourself? Because that comment looks awful m

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before October 7th, I would have been annoyed and felt like it was cultural appropriation. But now... I very much appreciate the solidarity. Please do if you feel so moved. Thank you for caring.

October 7 was an attack on the colonial state of Israel, not Judaism.

It was also an attack on Jews (and on random nationals of other places who just happened to work near Gaza), but I guess you seem to think it was totally justified regardless.

FAFO