Comments on Not Quite What I Expected: Drink Your Gin-and-Tonukkah

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and suggestions, ...

2012-01-03T10:47:12.377-08:00

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and suggestions, Zan. Thankfully, the holiday mish-mash period is over, and we can concentrate on things one at a time for the next 11 months!

I came over here from OffbeatMama which is running...

2011-12-27T04:54:09.598-08:00

I came over here from OffbeatMama which is running your name-dilemma post (apparently 2 years after the fact!). It's funny that you write about this because I've been up to my neck in interfaith family/raising kids stuff of late. I'm Jewish by background and although my husband isn't converting he has agreed to have a Jewish home. No Christmas in this house, but beyond that it's tricky. We're still figuring out what Jewish Home means to us.

Since we don't have kids yet it's a little bit easier, I don't feel too pressured to have a lot of explanations ready yet.

It's funny that your husband downplays his Judaism in an area without a big Jewish presence, whereas I feel like I've gone into cultural-identification overdrive since we live in an area with no Jews and somehow it feels like it's down to me to keep traditions alive (cue Tevye).

I recommend Kveller.com for some off-beat Mama-esque parenting reading. I don't believe in God, and the site is pretty evenhanded with opinions from JEWS! and Jew-ish Jews.

Oh, and of course these days we have the Maccabeats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSJCSR4MuhU

Sorry to write a novel on your blog! I hope you had a great time in Texas!

Loved Shalom Sesame - our old library had the ta...

2011-12-21T22:47:17.763-08:00

*Loved* Shalom Sesame - our old library had the tapes but, sadly, the new one does not. Did you catch Sarah Jessica Parker in Jerusalem Jones and the Lost Affikomen? (Affikomen - now there's a word I can't pronounce).

Traditional Hanukkah foods besides latkes? HELLO - donuts! Preferably of the jelly-filled variety. I've made my own, but it's just as easy to send hubby out for a box of Krispy Kremes.

We're pretty much the opposite of you - celebrating both Christmas and Hanukkah but we're religious and 0% Jewish. It's complicated, but we just explain: Jesus celebrated Hanukkah. It's in the Bible. Really.

Comments on Not Quite What I Expected: Drink Your Gin-and-Tonukkah

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and suggestions, ...

I came over here from OffbeatMama which is running...

*Loved* Shalom Sesame - our old library had the ta...

Loved Shalom Sesame - our old library had the ta...