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Christmastime for a Jew
Wherein I go for Chinese food and a movie but end up at temple for vodkas and latkas.
I’ve mentioned in this column before that I’ve worked every Christmas Eve and Christmas for my entire working life. It must have started while I was pumping gas during college, through guerilla television world, then for all the ensuing decades in TV news. News never sleeps, I always said, and it pays overtime on Christmas.
Little did I know, when I was chowing down on Cantonese catering on those nights in the newsroom, that I was honoring the faith of my people. This Christmas, I planned to intentionally observe the traditional Jewish ritual by going for Chinese food and a movie. According to Christmastime for the Jews, the streets would be teeming with Members of the Tribe.
Only thing is, I’m not sure I got the right night…
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