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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
ETA: I had a very MILD chance to be in that position - I had a 3rd grade teacher that was Jewish, and she brought a Dreidel, Hanukiah, and we learned the songs "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" and "Chanukah, Oh Chanukah". I thought it was pretty cool, and didn't feel at all threatened as a Christian.
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Wow. I cannot imagine this happening today in a public school (I don't know if that applies to your school). In law school we had a jewish professor take off every year for a week to celebrate passover about 2 weeks before finals. Students complained that she shouldn't be allowed to do this because she should have to be available to answer questions in person and that it made her office too busy for one-on-one time the week before finals. I think that experience opened my eyes to just how ridiculous people can be in expecting the non-christian world to revolve around the Christian religion without making adjustments for minorities.