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From: judah@hou2h.UUCP (J.KAMINETSKY)
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Subject: Re: Halloween and Jews (and Christians)
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Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 10:22:00 EST
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Subject: Re: Halloween and Jews (and Christians)
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the original question was:

"Is there anything antisemitic or unjewish about Haloween?"

It a politete  and objective way for me to find out if there was any truth
that Haloween was a traditional day for murder of Jews & porgroms.
It seems it is not true.

You can bury your head in the sand like an ostrich if you wan't - not me.
The more I know about the rest of the world the bvettebetter prepared I am to deal
with it. Hopefully, in a peaceful way, if possoble. But in anyway necessary.
Was the bombing of a synagogue in Brooklyn related to Halowween. Should we have
been prepared and done ... what,.. Idont'I'm not sure.

P.S. the question was posted to net.religion also. All comments - there were
many - concur that there is nothing anti-semeiticitic in the backround of Halowween.
Of course, if there was a group "net.jewish" without the religion - I wish there were - I might havew posted it there instead.

I'm not vwery interested in religion per se, but certainly I anm Jesqwish
and it certainly does have meaning & significance devioid of religion.
Lucky for us, it is not ancient times when religious fanctics would
have had the power to stone be to death for mowing my lawn on Saturdaty.

How can one pray for the coming of the Mesiah?
Were it to happen, most Jews would face the death penalty.

Here, I am 2 weeks into net.religion and turnig ng ugly - that's all
any religion accomplishes - it gives people something to fight about.

So Let me have it!!! You sanctimonious ...