On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:41:13 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 12/21/2014 11:01 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 12/21/2014 6:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>>> http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/hanukkah
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much for that)
>>>>
>>>> I had heard of Hanukkah but I didn't know what it signified. It was a
>>>> very interesting story.
>>>>
>>>> Happy Chanukah to everyone
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> In High School, my brother and I worked for a grocery store owned by a
>>> Jewish couple. They employed a couple of family members and they
>>> treated us like family too. It was a good education about a religion
>>> and life that was different than ours.
>>
>> You were lucky I was raised a Catholic and never really knew about
>> 'non catholics' <g> (that is how people of other faiths were referred to
>> ... non Catholics!)
>>
>>> When one of the owners, Rose, died, I learned more abut the traditions
>>> and had my first Yarmulke and learned to sit Shiva.
>>
>> Yarmulke? The only Shiva I know is an Indian god.
>>
>>
>I know Ophelia doesn't read what I post since I'm a nasty person. Heh.
> For someone purported to be a world traveller I find it rather
>difficult to believe she's never learned anything outside of Catholic
>school. How long ago was that schooling?
>
>I've always enjoyed learning about different cultures and religions.
>I've been exposed to quite a few of them mostly through working with a
>lot of different people. But I also read a lot. Even in fiction there
>are references to the menorah and yarmulkes.
>
>It sounds to me as if Ophelia has actually led a very sheltered life.
>
>Jill

I learned a lot about Judaism from the Harry Kemelman series The Rabbi
Small Mysteries. I also learned from my neighbors and good friends in
Texas who were Jewish. I will never forget when I offered the
children a snack and they said they couldn't eat it because it was
Passover. Another learning experience.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)