04-11-2017, 01:52 PM
What do we learn from this Reuters photo and caption?
REUTERS Caption: "People participate in a Jewish religious ceremony called Srifes Chumetz involving a ritual burning of a bonfire before the start of Passover in the Brooklyn borough in New York." REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
1) Jews go around setting large bonfires on the sidewalks for some obscure ritual reason.
2) All Jews wear funny hats, have long beards and read their weird books while doing it.
The actual story:
Some Orthodox Jews burn leavened food to clear their houses before the unleavened bread festival of Passover. Symbolic burning of not-kosher-for-Passover is usually done by Orthodox folks on an individual family basis and entails a few pieces of bread. Reuters picks the rare instance in Brooklyn where it is a minor community affair.
The message: Jews are funny-looking people who do weird unexplainable things and are not-like-you-and me. And should be considered to be strangers in our midst. Thanks Reuters (once again)
REUTERS Caption: "People participate in a Jewish religious ceremony called Srifes Chumetz involving a ritual burning of a bonfire before the start of Passover in the Brooklyn borough in New York." REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
1) Jews go around setting large bonfires on the sidewalks for some obscure ritual reason.
2) All Jews wear funny hats, have long beards and read their weird books while doing it.
The actual story:
Some Orthodox Jews burn leavened food to clear their houses before the unleavened bread festival of Passover. Symbolic burning of not-kosher-for-Passover is usually done by Orthodox folks on an individual family basis and entails a few pieces of bread. Reuters picks the rare instance in Brooklyn where it is a minor community affair.
The message: Jews are funny-looking people who do weird unexplainable things and are not-like-you-and me. And should be considered to be strangers in our midst. Thanks Reuters (once again)