Why a Christian is saying Bah, Humbug (and what exactly am I saying Bah, Humbug to)

I started drafting this before Christmas but didn’t get as far as finishing – and anyway I wasn’t sure I wanted to post this just then, to spoil people’s fun just when they were getting ready to enjoy the festivities. So here it is now – a little insight into the complex relationship between me [...]

omg, to die for

Hanukkah starts this evening, and we’ll be lighting pretty candles and thanking God for his great miracles. But this year I decided to do something I’d never done before, and I’ve started reading through the book of Maccabees, refreshing my mind about stuff we’d been told at school, stuff which can easily get forgotten in [...]

Christmas – what’s it to you

Coming from a Jewish home in Israel, Christmas simply didn’t feature in my childhood. Now I’m living in England, and am surrounded by people who celebrate it – and by arguments about how it should be celebrated, arguments I’d never been aware of before coming here. This post isn’t about how I see it, it’s [...]