Posted in other paths on 10 December 2008 - 14 כסלו 5769
Reprinted from a while ago…
ACK In my Politically Correct Days, I used to say “Happy Holidays” when I worked in retail - even in an Episcopal Bookstore in NYC. Then one evening a non-religious Jewish friend, Wayne, took me to task, and not even kindly: he asked what “Season’s Greetings” implied, and I noted it [...]
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Posted in other geekery, other paths on 19 July 2008 - 17 תמוז 5768
EDNESDAY We were discussing the use of images of Jesus - and the races depicted thereon. I realised two things: 1) the Renaissance cultures that produced the all-white Jesus never really expected to run into any other culture. 2) Traditional icons of Jesus (not the cartoony ones done in the last 40 years [...]
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