🕎🎄Hanukkah vs Christmas - a guide for the Jewishly perplexed

How do Jews make sense of Christmas in the world, their lives and those of their loved ones?

Rabbi Esther offers some 🌶️spicy hot takes🌶️ on how to ⬇️reduce the Christmas versus Hanukkah ‘December Dilemma’ angst and ⬆️increase Jewish joy and compassion!

Table of contents
Welcome 00:31
Hanukkah versus Christmas 00:53
Jewish anxieties around Christmas 2:02
Christmas in contemporary society 2:41
Hanukkah in contemporary society 3:02
Book recommendation: ‘Hanukkah in America: A History’ by Dianne Ashton 3:20
Navigating Christmas as Jews 3:55
Spicy hot take: 4:46
Embracing our Judaism positively 5:01
This is not an endorsement 5:24
Empower yourself to make Jewish choices 6:15
Judaism is not a zero sum game 6:26
Let’s judge a little less & love a little more 7:12
Every mitzvah & Jewish act has value 7:40
A note on Judaism & acculturation 8:23
Some conclusions & advice 9:00
Minimalist versus maximalist Hanukkah 9:51
Judaism will only thrive with compassion, joy & curiosity 11:09
Let’s show solidarity to our fellow Jews 11:28
Hanukkah invites creativity 11:54
Chag urim sameach! Happy Festival of Lights! 12:08
And a very merry Christmas 12:17

Book:
‘Hanukkah in America: A History’ by Dianne Ashton
https://nyupress.org/9780814707395/ha...

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