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...Crimson reported this week, the controversy began when Winthrop's house committee refused to contribute $30 towards a house Hillel Hanukkah party. The committee reasoned that funding such a denominational celebration would be inappropriate. When the house committee wanted to place a $100 "holiday" tree in the dining hall, a small number of Jewish students objected at a house committee meeting. They felt that the tree was also a sectarian symbol, and perceived a double standard at work. Their numbers were insubstantial, however, and the tree went up in the dining hall as a non-sectarian, communal symbol. Hence...
Leverett House Master John Dowling was kind enough to address my concerns. He pointed out that Leverett House, like many other houses, also displays a menorah during Hanukkah. He told me how much he enjoyed learning about the Jewish holiday, and hoped that everyone in the house could "all celebrate together," everyone...
...sure, mine is not the only Jewish opinion on the subject. During one discussion about the Leverett House tree as a religious symbol, one student remarked, "I see no problem with it all. I'm Jewish, my family celebrates Hanukkah, and we have a tree in my home as well...
This letter comes in response to last week's decision of the Winthrop House Committee not to provide 30 dollars for a house Hanukkah party requested by students while funding a hundred-dollar Christmas tree. When asked for explanation, the newly elected committee co-chair, Kristen Galanek, said the committee made a distinction between the Hanukkah party, which "had the explicit purpose of being a religious party," and the Christmas tree, which was "kind of secular" and had "no religious element about...
...called the Hanukkah party a `Holiday-General-In-Mirth' party, would I have gotten money?" Galatin said...