{"product_id":"a-kosher-christmas-joshua-eli-plaut-9780813553801","title":"A Kosher Christmas: 'Tis the Season to Be Jewish","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristmas is not everybody's favorite holiday. Historically, Jews in America, whether participating in or refraining from recognizing Christmas, have devised a multitude of unique strategies to respond to the holiday season. Their response is a mixed one: do we participate, try to ignore the holiday entirely, or create our own traditions and make the season an enjoyable time? This book, the first on the subject of Jews and Christmas in the United States, portrays how Jews are shaping the public and private character of Christmas by transforming December into a joyous holiday season belonging to all Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreative and innovative in approaching the holiday season, these responses range from composing America's most beloved Christmas songs, transforming Hanukkah into the Jewish Christmas, creating a national Jewish tradition of patronizing Chinese restaurants and comedy shows on Christmas Eve, volunteering at shelters and soup kitchens on Christmas Day, dressing up as Santa Claus to spread good cheer, campaigning to institute Hanukkah postal stamps, and blending holiday traditions into an interfaith hybrid celebration called \"Chrismukkah\" or creating a secularized holiday such as Festivus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough these venerated traditions and alternative Christmastime rituals, Jews publicly assert and proudly proclaim their Jewish and American identities to fashion a universally shared message of joy and hope for the holiday season. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e See also: http: \/\/www.akosherchristmas.org\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Eli Plaut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813553806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813553801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.07w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/18\/2012 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013","brand":"Joshua Eli Plaut","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980596248831,"sku":"9780813553801","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90510fc2-ff85-46be-8d1b-afb65f6fdcc3.jpg?v=1683250805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-kosher-christmas-joshua-eli-plaut-9780813553801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}