Christmas. Good! Now try this… Merry Christmas. Well done! I keep thinking of the word “inclusive.” It’s problematic, as we say in critical theory, and needs be interrogated. So here we go. A few years ago, I was invited to a bar mitzvah for the son of a relative, a new experience for me and all the other non-Jews. Yet the family did not change the name “bar mitzvah” to something else in English like “one who is subject to law” or “coming of age ceremony.” No one ran around fretting,
Say the Word
Say the Word
Say the Word
Christmas. Good! Now try this… Merry Christmas. Well done! I keep thinking of the word “inclusive.” It’s problematic, as we say in critical theory, and needs be interrogated. So here we go. A few years ago, I was invited to a bar mitzvah for the son of a relative, a new experience for me and all the other non-Jews. Yet the family did not change the name “bar mitzvah” to something else in English like “one who is subject to law” or “coming of age ceremony.” No one ran around fretting,