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...Albright's daughter Anne who told her that the Washington Post confirmed the rumors that have been spreading since Albright's name hit the headlines: that her parents were not raised as Catholics, celebrating family rituals of Easter and Christmas, as Albright had been told growing up. They were born Jews and converted. And her grandparents did not die of natural causes during the war. They died in the concentration camps...
...what do you think? I could flesh out this treatment, and cameras could begin rolling by Easter, just in time for a Christmas release next year. I mean, if other people are getting rich off child labor, why not an essayist like...
...Christmas tree is a secular symbol of the season. There wasn't a glimmering pine tree beside the manger on the first Noel, just as there wasn't a bunny hiding eggs in the tomb on Easter morning. There's a lovely story about a lost woodcutter led home by fairies placing lights on trees, and the evergreens could be a pagan tradition incorporated into seasonal preparations, but nothing holy is involved. For that reason, Christmas trees do not deserve protection as religious symbols...
...must learn to respect the differences between religions. This should not be an impediment to interfaith events. For example, last year the Interfaith Forum and Hillel sponsored a model Passover seder. The event walked through many of the rituals of the meal, allowing time for discussion. Many connections between Easter and Passover were drawn, and students of both faiths learned a great deal about each other and themselves...
...event also could have included a run-through of the rituals and liturgy of Easter. The key is that the integrity of different rituals must be maintained. The experience of the Dunster House Harvest Moon Festival should not discourage future interfaith events; of all the attempts to deal with religion in the houses, it is the only one that has tried to tackle the issue in an honest and substantive way. It would have worked had it allowed time for each religion to present itself...