Word: menorahs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Certainly Harvard believes that it isn't asking Jewish students to sacrifice that much. After all, electric menorahs are available and recommended, and Christian students also have to forego lighted Advent wreaths. Admittedly, that's annoying for them, but how many were actually planning to have Advent wreaths anyway? In contrast, the menorah is a necessary possession of practicing Jews. When Hannukah originated over 2,100 years ago, the Israelites miraculously annihilated the armies of Antiochus and then miraculously had enough pure oil to keep the menorah in the otherwise destroyed Temple burning for eight days. Jews have been kindling...
...forgiven a little cockiness, having just returned from a tour in which they played on hallowed cricket grounds in London. They dropped in on peace talks in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and presented a cricket bat to Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams. ("It's a little like presenting a menorah to Saddam Hussein," Haber says.) And they took tea at Windsor Castle with Prince Edward. In a landmark moment of cultural exchange, they performed The Hip-Hop Cricket Rap for His Royal Highness. Says Hayes: "I don't think they'd ever seen or heard the likes...
...Matthew F. Delmont '00 of Lowell House says besides a tree and a menorah in the dining hall, "I don't see much. I think everyone is so focused on finishing work before the holidays...
They don't. The students' families have already enlisted superlawyer Nathan Lewin, veteran of 27 arguments before the Supreme Court, including a 1989 case requiring the city of Pittsburgh, Pa., to display a menorah next to its Christmas tree...
...three elements must be present: First, houses should mandate that no religious symbol can be placed in a common space without a word of explanation as to its meaning. What is the symbolism of the Christmas tree? Why does a Kwaanza lamp have seven branches? Why does a Hanukkah menorah have nine? I doubt if anyone (myself included) can answer all three of these questions, despite the fact that all three of these symbols will be seen around campus in the coming weeks. Part of the burden of living in a multireligious community is the responsibility of educating others about...