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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As this article points out, in the 19th century, many Germanic Jews celebrated Christmas as a secular holiday. When you combine that with the non-Christian origins of a Christmas tree, I really see no problems with it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.myjewishlearning.com/rabbis-without-borders/why-im-not-afraid-of-natalie-portmans-christmas-tree/amp/[/quote]

Exactly, absolutely nothing happened in Germany, say, in the 20th century, of any importance at all - that should have should have any bearing whatsoever on Jewish identity...[/quote]

What does that have to do with the practices of Germanic Jews in the 19th Century? [/quote]

Hmmm. For starters 19th century was characterized by high levels of both antisemitism (e.g., Hep-Hep riots, lack of emancipation until 1870s.) and attendant assimilation to avoid the antisemitism, e.g., decorating Christmas trees, conversions, intermarriage, and otherwise and trying to be "good Germans." Then in the 1930s, the "good Germans" decided the Jews were not Germans at all, and murdered them in mass numbers. So, yes, the Holocaust has a lot of significance on Jewish identity - and whether or not to have a Christmas tree is a debate about Jewish identity. [/quote]

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