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Dr. Joel Geiderman

Dr. Joel Geiderman

A Chanukah in the ‘People’s House’

The invitation to the White House was completely unexpected. It arrived in a caligraphied envelope, with a Chanukah stamp in the corner and a menorah showing through.

A Chanukah card, I thought, but I was wrong. There was a gold presidential seal at the top of the card and a few lines of black engraving: \”President and Mrs. Bush request the pleasure of your company at a Hanukah reception to be held at the White House. Six o\’clock. Wednesday, December 6. East Entrance.\”

Not bad from a man whom most of my friends thought I was crazy to vote for, because he was a member of the \”religious right.\”

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