Menorah vandalized in Philadelphia park

Great minds and all that...

LOL

just glazes over these kinds of incidents

...probably leads to these kinds of incidents. The "war on Christmas" meme is a theocratic one, and it's a call to bellicosity.

Brought to you , no doubt, by the folks who claim there is a War on Christmas. It's a counterstrike, that's all, some good "Christian" white supremicist type.

No doubt a liberal Jew who hates Christmas, the Baby Jesus and America knocked over his own decoration in an attempt to make Christians look bad! The nerve of some people!

:sarcasm:

Mooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

REVelations sayyyz that in the End of days there will be wars and rumors of wars. Let the rumors begin. RAWmen.

If the KKK burned a cross and someone posted a thread on it, would you call it a flame thread?

Sheesh

Oh well, to each his own

but how branches did the menorah have?

6 = menorah
8 = hannukiah

It's an eye twitcher for me. But going back to the article, I'm glad that the people near the park decided to move on rather than sit on this problem.

Four holders on each side of the shamas, which sits higher in traditional models.

usually the press justs lumps the two together. :crazy:

Can't you just feel the love and tolerance? I'm sure Jesus would approve.

I know he never lit a Christmas tree, but I bet he lit a menorah more than a few times.

Jesus celebrated Chanukah.


History of Chanukah

Also spelled hanukkah, means "dedication". This Jewish holiday traces
its roots back more than 2,000 years. At that time the Jewish people
were living under the oppressive government of the Syrian ruler
Antiochus Epiphanies IV, (a rather ironic name) who was a descendant of
Seleucus, the general of Alexander the Great. During his rule he forbade
the reading of the Scriptures, circumcision, Sabbath observance, and a
number of other religious practices. In order to further promote the
"hellenization" of Palestine, he set up in the Temple of Jerusalem an
altar dedicated to the Roman god Jupiter where swine were offered in
sacrifice. This "Abomination of Desolation" caused the Jews to rebel
in what became known as the Maccabean Revolt, and under the leadership
of Judas Maccabee ("the hammer") the Syrians were overthrown, and the
Temple had all signs of paganism removed. The statue to Jupiter was
ground to dust. A feast was instituted on 25 Kislew, 165 B.C. for the
purification of the Temple. The story goes that light of the Temple was
relit with only enough pure oil to last one day, but miraculously lasted
for eight days, until more could be found. The "Festival of Lights" is
celebrated for eight days.

More:
http://www.billpetro.com/HolidayHistory/hol/xmas/chan12.html

I joined the local JCC for their gym and exercise facilities. It was shocking to see that the entire large "compound" was surrounded by an 8-foot chain link fence and the gates get locked at closing time. A uniformed security guard sits at the entrance. It made me sad.

Edit: It's easy to tell that Christians are not nearly as persecuted as Jews, at least in the US.

2nd Edit: This JCC is located in a "good" neighborhood, not even near a bad area.