Where all my Jews at tonight?

[Bicoastal]

Yeah, yeah, yeah--December 24th. Just another night for us Hebrews!

TV Funhouse: Christmas Time for the Jews

[Bicoastal]

1. Hellooooooooooooooo

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

2. It's sooooooo quiet in my home!!!!

[Subdivisions]

20. Well...

Maybe we should all come and visit :hi:

[Richard D]

3. Chinese food

Nu?

[Bicoastal]

5. That's my family's tradition.

THE WON TONS!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. Normally Chinese but had Italian delivered instead. Yum. :)

[notesdev]

13. and a movie

It's not a Jewish Christmas without both Chinese food and a movie.

[donco6]

4. Not Jewish, but enjoying "just another night" all the same.

I did buy a sparkler down at the beach - but that could celebrate anything, right?

[Fuzz]

7. We had Chinese food tonight, but celebrate christmas. Some Filipino Catholics and agnostics/atheists

of all stripes. But Christmas eve is a great time for Chinese food. Hell, when isn't it a good time for Chinese food! ;)

[BrklynLiberal]

8. They showed that last Thursday night on NBC when they had a show of Christmas SNL Highlights.

[sakabatou]

9. Woo-hoo

[Bozita]

10. I found some ... conspiring with Muslims!

Maybe Christmas could be a daily event?

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/22055831/detail.html

Muslims Join Jews For Mitzvah Day
Day Set Aside For Volunteering Efforts
POSTED: Thursday, December 24, 2009
UPDATED: 6:22 pm EST December 24, 2009


DETROIT -- Many Jews consider Christmas Day an opportunity to serve their community while Christian neighbors celebrate their holiday. This year, what's also known as Mitzvah Day in southeast Michigan is getting an added boost from Muslims.

For the first time, about 40 Muslims are expected to join 900 Jews for what they call their largest annual day of volunteering.

Leaders say it's a small but significant step in diffusing tensions and promoting good will between the religions -- particularly on a day that is sacred to Christianity, the third Abrahamic faith.

Mitzvah Day, a nearly 20-year tradition in the Detroit area also practiced in other communities, is so named because Mitzvah means "commandment" in Hebrew and is generally translated as a good deed.

The new partnership stemmed from a recent meeting between members of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan, the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit -- which said it was unaware of any similar Mitzvah Day alliances.

The Jewish groups organize Mitzvah Day, which consists of volunteers helping 48 local social service agencies with tasks such as feeding the hungry and delivering toys to children in need.
Victor Begg, chairman of the Islamic council, said he was seeking a public way for the two faith communities to "build bridges of understanding and cooperation," which led to joining the Mitzvah Day effort.

"The general public is what we need to give the message to, our entire community," he said.

Not only are most Muslims and Jews available to serve on Christmas Day, but leaders also recognized a shared commitment to community service. Charity in Judaism is known as "tzedakah." In Islam, it's called "zakat."

"It's an interesting parallel," said Robert Cohen, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council. "Both of our faiths predispose us to engaging in this sort of thing."

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[rockymountaindem]

11. Yo man!

[Hawkeye-X]

12. Preparing for another yet boring and short Shabbos

for tomorrow, nu?

Oy vey iz mir!

And yes, we had Chinese buffet tonight at the local kosher restaurant. The chow mein was terrible (too dry) - I like the authentic Chinese restaurant version better.

[frazzled]

14. Watching old movies on Turner

Fireplace on --

Unbelievably good one I'd never seen: Remember the Night, directed by Mitchell Leisen and written by Preston Sturges, with a phenomenal Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. 1940 I can't believe I never even heard of this one.

Followed by Preston Sturges's Christmas in July--It's not the coffee, it's the bunk!


We may go to Chinatown tomorrow and see Up in the Air. Or, I just discovered they may still need volunteers at a Salvation Army rehab place dinner. I'm not so keen on the Salvation Army, but hey, dishing out food to folks ... does it really matter who's sponsoring it?

[Cirque du So-What]

15. I'm not Jewish, but I had Chinese tonight

I definitely wasn't kosher either...shrimp, pork & crab from the buffet.

As an aside...

Earlier this year, my son had a question about kosher, so I referred him to Wikipedia for a quick synopsis. He called for me to come see the wiki entry which said to the best of my memory, 'some animals, such as shellfish, cannot be made kosher; they are referred to as FILTHY MOTHER FUCKERS.' We got a chuckle over that edit.

[MadBadger]

16. Went to Carraba's Tonight. Tomorrow going to see Avatar and have some Chinese.

[MadBadger]

17. Btw, any of you ever been to a Boca Christmas?

There ain't nothing like it. 1 hour waits to get into the Chinese Restaurants, even if you have a reservation, which we did. The parking lot was overrun with folding chairs for people to wait, and everybody was like my grandparents, incredibly impatient, and a little too much of the me, me, me.

[Subdivisions]

18. I'm not Jewish. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. When I was a medic I would be at work

my personal tradition was to arrive at work at oh 15:00 hours to send a crew home from second shift, my partner did not celebrate either. And by 11:00 when the third shift arrived, we had them take lots. We sent another crew home.

These days, at home with parents watching NatGeo tonight.

[liskddksil]

21. playing timpani at a catholic church

good music.

[Greyhound]

22. We always hit Canter's for some brisket & chicken in the pot. n/t

[AlienGirl]

23. Having a beer and watching Adult Swim

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

24. did the family thing a week ago to save on airfare

my girlfriends family is winter camping which I hate, so I am dog sitting and trying to blow through as much work as possible before the end of the year as things will blow up on us early in January.