Good Wednesday morning. Ed note: In celebration of Thanksgiving, the next Your Daily Phil will arrive on Monday. Have a meaningful Thanksgiving and a Shabbat shalom! In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on a renewed initiative by the Jewish Federation of Greater.
December 21, 2020
Courtesy of Julie Fisher
Growing up in Duluth, Minnesota, I was surrounded by Christmas. I was one of five or fewer Jewish students during my years at our 1,000-person high school, where the choir led by sweet Mr. Mix always sang beautiful Christmas songs. I know every word to “Silent Night” and “Joy to the World.” (Sometimes, Mr. Mix threw in a short rendition of “I Have a Little Dreidel” to the winter concert.)
With my blonde hair, I could easily pass as a part of Minnesota’s majority culture of descendants of Norwegian, German, and Swedish immigrants. In stores, everyone wished me a “Merry Christmas” and I nodded, smiled politely, and greeted them with the same.