I feel a little weird responding to such an articulate group of women...I have read Badzin's guest blog and the "grinch is back" and I am a Jewish makeup artist at a big department store in Chicago in the thick of what you both are talking about...obviously not a writer, so please bare with me...
I feel extremely grateful of my Jewish upbringing, identity, and education. And I believe Gd made Christmas. Not only that, He made good stuff, bad stuff, He made the stuff I believe in, He made some stuff I dont believe in. He made things that make me cry in rage and also total complete happiness. There are times I feel very close to Him, there are times I am furious with Him, there are times when I feel I barely know Him.
But I feel He wants me grow. He wants me to see His light. He wants me to see His light on Shabbos candles, menorahs, and even Christmas trees. If it is harder to be Jewish in December -- I say -- I take that challenge, what else you got?
I feel a little weird responding to such an articulate group of women...I have read Badzin's guest blog and the "grinch is back" and I am a Jewish makeup artist at a big department store in Chicago in the thick of what you both are talking about...obviously not a writer, so please bare with me...
I feel extremely grateful of my Jewish upbringing, identity, and education. And I believe Gd made Christmas. Not only that, He made good stuff, bad stuff, He made the stuff I believe in, He made some stuff I dont believe in. He made things that make me cry in rage and also total complete happiness. There are times I feel very close to Him, there are times I am furious with Him, there are times when I feel I barely know Him.
But I feel He wants me grow. He wants me to see His light. He wants me to see His light on Shabbos candles, menorahs, and even Christmas trees. If it is harder to be Jewish in December -- I say -- I take that challenge, what else you got?