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My last Halloween
Gina Nahai
October 30, 2013
These days it creeps up on me like an ache — the occasional pumpkin in a front yard, the synthetic cobwebs in trees, the subtle turn in the weather and, yes, there’s that feeling in the pit of my stomach, the hollowness of those dreams in which you’re lost in a white tunnel, with nowhere to go but forward, though you know that every step will take you farther away from home.
In the ‘hood, the treat is no trick
David Suissa
November 2, 2006
Halloween is seen as the crowning achievement of secular emptiness. You celebrate, glorify, trivialize and idolize something as deep and holy as death, and in return, your kids get to gorge on KitKats and day-glow jawbreakers.
Hey Kids!
Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
November 10, 2005
\”Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,\” introduces a slew of new words and concepts. Quiz your parents, grandparents and older siblings and see if they know what is true and what is false. Are they as smart as Harry\’s gal pal Hermione Granger or as clueless as Harry\’s cousin, Dudley Dursley?
Trick or Treat?
Don Rutberg
October 30, 2003
I asked my long-time friend, "Are you a strict father?" "Not really," he said, "but I wouldn\’t let my daughter out for Halloween."
ADL: December Dilemma
Beverly Gray
December 16, 1999
\’Tis the season when children in public schools face the December Dilemma. As part of a classroom lesson, Jewish youngsters may be given Christmas trees to color. During holiday music programs, they may find themselves acting in a nativity scene or singing \”Silent Night.\” Santa Claus may show up on campus, passing out candy canes and asking them what they want for Christmas.
It’s a Little Tricky
Risa Munitz
October 23, 1997
Once again we are faced with the annual dilemma of what to doabout Halloween. Should we let the kids \”trick or treat\” or not? Weknow that Halloween is not a Jewish holiday; that is not the problem.We celebrate Thanksgiving and Presidents Day, both American holidayswhich reflect good values. Halloween, on the other hand, does notreflect a value system that we would like to pass on to our children.It focuses on taking, greed and violence, not to mention theconsequences, a nasty trick, played on those who refuse to give.
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