Christians & Jews Inter-Woven
My recent posts about Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky and his efforts to display a Menorah at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport have caused quite the broohaha.
As seen here:To Menorah or not to Menorah and The Rabbi Grinch?
Soooooooo…diving into the deep end………May I strain to enlighten a tad more? 
My first question is why did SEATAC refuse him in the first place?
The Port of Seattle remained undecided after 2 months.
What exactly were they deliberating?
And if the Rabbi did not resort to threatening a lawsuit..what were his options?..Hang his head like a little good Joo boy and go home without a fight? 
Please indulge me here.
A little history lesson my sweet friends:
Jews brought the first lawsuit banning Menorahs..you guessed it..against other Jews.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (JTA) —Ten years ago, the American Jewish Congress sued the city of Beverly Hills, Calif., to block the local Chabad house from erecting a 27-foot menorah in a public park near City Hall.
Displaying the menorah — a Jewish religious symbol — on public property, the AJCongress argued, was unconstitutional.The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the city, allowing Chabad to put up the large candelabra. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals later reversed the decision.
Public menorah displays testament
to the growing acceptance of ChabadWhen it comes to displaying menorahs in public places, what a difference a decade makes.
This Chanukah, Chabad-Lubavitch plans to light more than 11,000 large public menorahs, from Bangkok to Miami Beach.
..“I think Chanukah has become one of the most widely celebrated holidays by Jews in the world today — probably singularly because of the Chabad effort,” he says.
The climate between Christians and Jews has improved steadily over the last several decades.
To this day there are still debates among scholars as to what precisely caused the rift between Christians and Jews and in what century it occured.
After all, the early Church was part of the body politic of Judaism after all.
And how does one avoid the fact that Judaism was the historical and religious precursor to Christianity. They are inter-woven.
Judaism and Christianity both emphasize the ultimate goodness of creation as well as man’s inclination towards good versus his (or her) inclination towards evil.
But…Jews are fighters as well as peace lovers.
Abraham, fights for the survival of the doomed Sodom and Gomorrah.
The Psalmist and prophets roar that they have been abandoned by God.
Even Job, in Chapter 24, stands in fierce judgement of God until he capitulates.
If Jews can take a Deity to task, do they not have the right to challenge human judgement?
A scholar Rabban Simeon ben Gamaliel stated:
On three things does the world stand:
on justice
on truth
and on peace
Jews are notorious for seeking Truth..and by all means peace. 
They even returned acquired territories in a futile attempt to make peace with their rabid A-rab neighbors did they not?
Jews are passionate fighters for social justice, and were prominent in the Civil Rights Movement, and almost all human rights movements, a fact Muzlims and assorted anti-semites conveniently disavow knowledge of.
Peace at any price is not a Christian or Jewish credo.
Perhaps Rabbi Bogomilsky’s actions were merely a Jew seeking justice.
After all………
Tis the Season.
Deuteronomy 16:20: Justice, and only justice you shall pursue . . .
What say Y’all sweet friends?
December 11th, 2006 at 11:40 pm
Very well said Angel, it seems sad that so much lip chatter has been paid to a subject that is firmly rooted in everything that makes this country so great..life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, along with all the other rights afforded our people earned on the backs of those who have sacrificed much… for much more…with your permission may i attach a link to a piece written by Rabbi Marc Gellman which says everything you have said..again
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16158752/site/newsweek/
December 12th, 2006 at 1:00 am
Hi Angel. spot on.
regards
December 12th, 2006 at 2:26 am
I accidentally deleted my latest post on my blog, and your comments with it Angel. Sorry. I rewrote it.
Jews and Christians have much in common: like how much we’re hated by everyone.
December 12th, 2006 at 3:34 am
Merry Rebellion at Sea-Tac…
Christmas trees are back at Sea-Tac. The big trees that the Port of Seattle took down aren’t back, but airline workers put up their own trees at their ticketing counters. MSNBC reports…
December 12th, 2006 at 7:07 am
The Trees are Back!…
From the Seattle Times - via LSU at NWBloggers.com
The trees are back….
December 12th, 2006 at 9:52 am
KKK Member David Duke Attended Iran’s Holocaust Conference…
Former U.S. Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke attended Iran’s Holocaust conference. Iran banned any dissenting voices from Holocaust conference by not issuing visas to those folks. I’m sure they were more than happy to have Mr. Duke in attendance….
December 12th, 2006 at 10:20 am
[...] David Duke praised Iran for hosting the event. ” It is important we discuss the insideous plot by 6 million Jews to kill themselves in an attempt to smear the Third Reich. Palestine today, like Germany’s attempt to bring happiness and tolerance to the world, wants only peace. The Jews are once again throwing themselves on the rockets and innocent suicide bombers,just as they threw themselves into the ovens during WWII. there is no limit as to what these Juden will do to pervert history.” He added…..”The food at these get togethers is always good anyhow, I’ve heard they have a thing about pork over there…..I’m hoping for an old fasioned pig pickin.” Hot Air has more about the attendees. Moose Tracking here. Right Truth is Right as usual. Angel….opinionated as usual…you go girl! [...]
December 12th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
A Christmas tree isn’t seen as a religious symbol, but I think the rabbi was insisting on a lighting of the menorah which the airport saw as a religious ceremony. The airport decided that if they allowed the jewish ceremony, they would then have to allow every other ceremony under the sun. I think that was the crux of the disagreement.
December 12th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
Very good posts.
I would think that a rational way of looking at this- is that a public institution paid for by tax payer money should not be able to choose one religion over another- and should represent all religions. BTW- Seattle does have a nice-sized Jewish population.
And for all those commenst that trees are not religous symbols- they’re kidding themselves.
This whole ordeal just shows that no matter how far we’ve come- we’ve got ways to go. So much hatred out there.
December 12th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
So if a majority-Christian area with a sizable Jewish minority cannot erect symbols which reflect their beliefs, then what’s the point of living in a representative republic after all? America looks more and more like Soviet Russia every day.
Majority rules with the protection of the minority has been the general operating credo in America since its inception. Put another way, what would George Washington say? He had no problem spending federal money to promote Christianity among the Indians.
Personally I’m sick of this “all religions must be represented” nonsense, because that *NEVER* happens. Go ask the Scientologists or the Zorasterians about it and get back to me, ok? There’s only so much money and so much space for any display, so what happens? Majority rule with the protection of the minority, except in this case.
In this case, it was deemed better that everyone be mad rather than most being satisfied. The PC police are neo-Soviet commisars — make no mistake about it.
December 12th, 2006 at 3:24 pm
I’m sorry, but I contend that a Christmas Tree is not a religious symbol, it is a traditional symbol of the Holiday, Christmas, yes, but many people who are not Christians display Christmas Trees.
Hi Angel. I’m glad to hear in the comment section of this post that the trees have been put back. I wonder if they will also put up a Menorah? I’m with you on this, girl! I don’t see any reason to not display Menorah’s too. I think that it would be even better if they would also include a Nativity Scene, since Christmas Trees really aren’t a religious symbol, but the Nativity Scene is.
December 12th, 2006 at 10:45 pm
He was going to donate the Menorah so the only trouble of the airport was the cost and time of putting it up. I believe they should of taken the time and the small cost of money but I do not own the airport and thus am stuck in the roll of advisor or petitioner at best.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:22 am
There is a great article about this from Chabad at http://www.chabad.org/455712
December 13th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Thanks alls again and thank you hanukkah for the informative links too!
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