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Some Americans in
Israel have no fear of
and enjoy — watching
Midnight Mass and
singing Christmas carols.
have abandoned their Christmas trees
and embraced Judaism.
Anglo-Saxon Israelis have no ques-
tions about their Judaism, but when a
few of them get together towards the
end of December they are apt to take
the opportunity to sing a few carols;
indeed, I know some who even stay
up half the night watching Midnight
Mass
on our television sets.
NECHEMIA MEYERS
We
feel free to enjoy carols and
Special to the Jewish News
Midnight Mass because we have long
since left behind the classic
rowing up in Los Angeles,
"December dilemma"of diaspora Jews;
one of the high points of
we
don't have to convince our children
my year was a visit to
that
Chanukah is nicer than
Christmas Tree Lane in
Christmas, and that they'll get plenty
Hollywood.
of presents even if it isn't Santa Claus
The long lines of decorated trees
who brings them.
were extremely beautiful, and
But those of us who are
though I realized that
A Tel Aviv
linked
to Jewish chat sites on
Christmas wasn't "my" holi-
resident passes the Internet are now being
day, I saw no reason not to
Christmas
enjoy "their" trees, "their" car- decorations in reminded of that December
dilemma by our overseas
ols and "their" jolly men in
a mall.
brethren, some of whom like
red suits who were on every
Lorraine Kotler, an American,
street corner and in every department
seem to have overcome it.
store of what was then downtown
"When I was a child," Ms. Kotler
L.A.
recalls,
"Christmas season made me
Now, if I get nostalgic in
very
uncomfortable.
I felt alien, as if I
December, I can readily find a large
didn't belong. How I longed to be part
number of Christmas Tree Lanes,
of the gentile world with lights, music,
albeit indoor ones, right here in
decorated trees and feelings of broth-
Israel. For in neighborhoods inhabit-
erly love ... How drab Chanukah
ed by Russian immigrants, an esti-
seemed
in comparison with the beauty
mated third of whom are non-Jews,
and
brilliance
of the gentile world ...
there are lavishly decorated Christmas
And
how
upset
I was when my class
trees in a great many homes. Had
sang
'Noel,
Noel,
born is the King of
conversion been made easier for
Israel."'
them, many of these non-Jews might
Now, however, Ms. Kotler is "very
Nechemia Meyers writes from
comfortable" hearing Christmas carols
Rehovot, Israel.
and looking at the beautiful lights