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From the Center
A Point of View: Have yourself a very Jewish ChristmasBeing Jewish is no reason not to celebrate Christmas, says the writer Howard Jacobson - although he draws the line at putting up a tree.
"What does Christmas mean to you?" was the title of an essay we were asked to write in our final year of primary school. I wrote that it meant seeing my father dressed as Santa Claus, getting stuck coming down the chimney. My teacher thought I must have made that up. "Isn't your family, er...?" she asked.
"Yes," I replied. "We are, er......
From the Right
What a homeless woman taught me about ChristmasI ended up in that particular Starbucks by accident, really. I’m glad I did, because a homeless woman taught me a valuable lesson about Christmas.
It was a few weeks ago and I had just finished catching up with one of my good friends over breakfast on the east side of New York City. We started walking to his office building, and as we did we strolled past the Starbucks. It seemed like the perfect place to park myself for the next two hours and work before I had to...
From the Left
OPINION: At Christmas, remember that Jesus was a refugeeOne can't imagine Jesus not welcoming refugees. His message Use love to fight hate whether from Herod or al-Baghdadi, writes Jay Parini.
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