The Jewish holiday of Chanukah — that’s properly spelled “Chanukah” and not “Hanukkah,” by the way — began last evening. At some point over the past century, as American Jewry grew in both rank and number and as a politically correct strain of egalitarianism ascended in our culture, Chanukah came to represent for many little more than a commercialized “Jewish Christmas.”
Over the same time period, the once-ubiquitous “Merry Christmas” greeting became largely subsumed into a meaningless “Happy Holidays” salutation. Town squares across America, operating under a Supreme Court-imposed legal regime that has misconstrued the First Amendment, now routinely feature Chanukah menorahs alongside nativity scenes. And so forth.
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