COOPER CITY FL, is a small community west of U.S. 441/SR 7 in Broward County that grew out of agricultural land. For the most part, it - as most of the county - is a tolerant place; live and let live.
Now, in mid-December 2015, two "hate crimes" are being investigated by the local sheriff's department. In one case, there's no question that the crime was prompted by hate. The other? From my perspective, there's no crime at all.
THE HATE CRIME was when some jerk spray painted "F*** Muslims" on the local K-12 Ishmaelite school.
The attack was stupid on many levels.
First, I suspect most residents of the county didn't even know the school existed. Now they do.
Attacking the school might mean local Muslims, with help from outsiders, will retaliate against local churches, synagogues, and schools. Broward County does not need a war of, or against, religions.
XMAS IS NOT FOR JEWS
One Cooper City family, Chabadniks, got a note from an ignoramus who neither knew what a hanukia is nor had more than a kindergarten education (if that).Had the jerk politely knocked on the door and asked, the residents would have been happy to explain that thing on the roof. Whether or not the note writer's holiday is "better" is open to debate. (1 day vs. 8; sufganiyot and latkes vs. artery clogging egg nog and Aunt Tillie's fruit cake; easy choice.)
Several other Jews living in the same Cooper City development found notes stuck in their mailboxes that stated "Xmas is not for the Jews"
Of course "Xmas" it is not for Jews. Hanukah is for the Jews,
In this case, the crimes are a violation of FEDERAL law and the Post Office inspectors and Fibbies (FBI) should be investigating; it's a crime to open a mailbox that is not yours.
There apparently are a few anti-Semites in the neighborhood - someone objected to a Chabad-sized hanukia (Hanukah menorah) on a private residence. One of the people receiving the mail box admonition had a blow-up teddy bear with a dreidel on the front lawn of the family home, making it obvious that the family was Jewish. Equally obvious is that both families - the one with the large hanukia and the one with the bear - are Jewish. Neither residence had anything remotely "Christmas" to encourage the "Xmas is not for Jews" note.
There ARE Jews who put up Christmas trees - "Hanukah bushes" - and other holiday decorations. These are ignorant people who pretend that the holiday is an "American holiday; everybody celebrates it." Granted, the holiday is celebrated - commercially if not religiously - by the majority of Americans who claim Jesus as their god, but it is not an "American" holiday. July 4th is an American holiday. Thanksgiving is an American holiday, as are Veterans' Day and Memorial Day. Christmas, New Years, and Halloween are Christian cum pagan holidays.
The note writer(s) is correct: "Xmas is NOT a Jewish holiday.
