tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post8344284302172490950..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: Life Without HalloweenKochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-25384902946153323762013-03-13T21:02:47.242-04:002013-03-13T21:02:47.242-04:00Originally posted: October 29, 2011 at 8:21 PM
I ...Originally posted: October 29, 2011 at 8:21 PM<br /><br />I never said I don't celebrate the 4th of July. I contrasted celebrating many Jewish holidays to growing up with only three holidays that had meaning for me. That's quite a different way of living! (And that was quite a leap of logic on the part of the commenter!)Kochavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-74395229457240871482011-10-28T17:59:28.127-04:002011-10-28T17:59:28.127-04:00Anonymous -
Just because someone doesn't cele...Anonymous -<br /><br />Just because someone doesn't celebrate the 4th of July doesn't mean they don't love this country or appreciate its many contributions to the world.<br /><br />Truth be told, 4th of July these days is about parades, BBQs, and fireworks. If those things don't mean a lot to a person and they don't want to participate in them, that doesn't make them Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840373234747823781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-42673064449963650252011-10-28T16:25:25.724-04:002011-10-28T16:25:25.724-04:00Halloween was always my favorite holiday growing u...Halloween was always my favorite holiday growing up.<br /><br />For me, there was something powerful about the idea of, for just one day or night, not only facing our fears, but embracing them and making them a part of us. By taking ownership of them, they seem to lose some power over us. I also liked the idea that for one day out of the year, anyone could be anyone or anything you wanted. TheRedactedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472100109027120712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-1701475248299688382011-10-28T16:11:27.946-04:002011-10-28T16:11:27.946-04:00Instead of July 4th? I can see having reasons not ...Instead of July 4th? I can see having reasons not to celebrate New Years Day and Halloween for Jewish reasons, but without America, there'd be a lot less Jews in the world than there currently are. Not only did America give a place for Jews fleeing Europe to live and stay, it helped win WWII which is why there are actual Holocaust survivors instead of just Holocaust victims in Europe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-53387350628294556082011-10-28T15:47:51.114-04:002011-10-28T15:47:51.114-04:00I grew up in a very Jewish area (but to a gentile ...I grew up in a very Jewish area (but to a gentile family) in the South. There were a lot of Modern Orthodox Jews there and some years they were off celebrating like the gentiles (except for if it fell on a Friday/Saturday of course). Trick or Treating included although they would tend to only go to other Jewish families or families they knew would have "approved" candy. Reform of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-81976196254367856172011-10-28T15:08:08.317-04:002011-10-28T15:08:08.317-04:00Halloween was huge in our family. Every year we...Halloween was huge in our family. Every year we'd drive into the city and trick or treat in my aunt's neighbourhood. When several sisters and I moved into a house in the city we actively work(ed) at being the best house in the neighbourhood. We hand out soda along with fistfuls of candy, and the kids love us. :D I was never into drinking or parties, so for me Halloween remains about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-26834127967526108252011-10-28T13:18:39.861-04:002011-10-28T13:18:39.861-04:00While I don't believe I'll ever celebrate ...While I don't believe I'll ever celebrate Halloween the way I did in the past (drank too much, wore a terrible unmodest costume) I do find that I'm a little sad every year now that I'm an adult because I like seeing the little kids dressed up and excited. I'd really like to hand out candy but none of the kids in our building trick or treat. <br /><br />I think the biggest Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138050246830502228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-83405336208905460382011-10-28T12:05:01.237-04:002011-10-28T12:05:01.237-04:00I don't understand why there are all those &qu...I don't understand why there are all those "sexy" costumes on Halloween, particularly for young girls, and I don't know why parents buy them. Many parents I know are quite frustrated when they can't find a reasonably modest costume for their daughters.<br /><br />We wear costumes at work for Halloween, and carve pumpkins to bring home, which I think is fun. I have never Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840373234747823781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-12762043487494821552011-10-28T11:07:09.419-04:002011-10-28T11:07:09.419-04:00"I happened to be in India for a conference o..."I happened to be in India for a conference on Halloween"<br /><br />Halloween Studies? "Jack-O-Lanterns in the Light of South-Asian Gourd Growing Patterns."<br /><br />Sorry, couldn't resist. ;-)<br /><br />====<br /><br />To answer the question seriously, when I was a kid in the bad old days of scary New York, there was a lot of egging. That combined with our wussy S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-6890442117092807992011-10-28T10:09:53.708-04:002011-10-28T10:09:53.708-04:00I give out candy to anyone who rings the bell, but...I give out candy to anyone who rings the bell, but I don't want to celebrate beyond that. I did dress up and go trick-or-treating as a kid, and it was fun. But I don't like the emphasis on graveyards/corpses/mummies or, as you mentioned, the hooker costumes. Some people celebrate with a focus on sex and death and I don't think it's done in a very spiritual way. Of course, not Sarahhttp://twitter.com/sarahbrodskynoreply@blogger.com