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Putting a menorah next to a Christmas tree is not a significant way of giving Jewish concerns parity with Christian ones. Canceling classes on Rosh Hashannah would be a reasonable way to balance the public celebration of Christmas with Jewish concerns. While that might not necessarily be the best policy to adopt (all holidays of all religions couldn’t be similarly honored), such an action makes more sense from within a Jewish context than putting menorahs next to Christmas trees. Hanukkah and Christmas are juxtaposed by the calendar most years, yet they stand at opposite poles of importance...
...menorah also sits in the window of the Senior Common Room...
Spechler also notes that the Christmas tree is just part of the Leverett holiday festivities, which include a menorah, a candle-lighting ceremony and a snowflake- and gingerbread-making study break...
...Instead of having everything separate, it would be nice for everything to be together,” Lin says. “Somebody raised the point that a Christmas tree is bigger and more dominating than a menorah...
Most Houses have both menorahs and Christmas trees. Many have also instituted menorah-lighting study breaks as well as Christmas caroling...