By MARK OPPENHEINER and JESSICA GROSS
Slate
Dec. 13, 2010, at 8:37 PM ET
Dec. 13, 2010, at 8:37 PM ET
Slate has challenged us to debate a truly crucial matter this holiday season, one of weighty philosophical significance—whether it's OK for Jews to have Christmas trees. We've never met, but I understand that you are a fellow member of the tribe, a Hebrew sister, and thus I feel a personal mission to save you from the blandishments of mainstream Christian material culture (a culture I happen to adore, but for other people). Also, I am hoping you can ask your mom if she has a good kugel recipe.
To start out, we should agree that the argument over Christmas trees is not a theological one, for Christians or for Jews.
