Thanksgiving
It's the day before Thanksgiving but we have little thought of putting together a large dinner in celebration of this uniquely American holiday. Instead, the plan is to actually go to a vegetarian restaurant for dinner with friends on Thursday night and then, hopefully, catch the new Bond movie at the theater.
I am a huge fan of Thanksgiving and I love turkey and I love all types of meat so what am I doing going to a vegetarian restaurant tomorrow? I think the weekly cycle of a Shabbat holiday every single week - where one is expected to have a festive meal, makes adding in any extra holidays somewhat difficult. We just hosted a huge Shabbat dinner last Friday night and had a wonderful time with our friends. But, we just finished cleaning up yesterday and any prospect of having creating a large meal at this point in the week is not up for discussion.
In addition, the several weeks Jewish holidays took their toll in September and October and now, Hanukkah, a eight-day holiday that required preparation and fun is right around the corner (precisely 24 days away). The holidays in the fall was Israel's Halloween to New Year's season and now that's over.
So, we'll be going to a vegetarian restaurant out of respect for several of our vegetarian friends and we'll have a great time on Thursday night for Thanksgiving but then, the next day is Friday and it's time for another special dinner!
I'm actually thrilled to see such how holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving have not at all impacted the culture in Israel. I did not see any orange and black in October and I have not seen a single turkey decoration this month. It's just business as usual and that's pretty exciting.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I am a huge fan of Thanksgiving and I love turkey and I love all types of meat so what am I doing going to a vegetarian restaurant tomorrow? I think the weekly cycle of a Shabbat holiday every single week - where one is expected to have a festive meal, makes adding in any extra holidays somewhat difficult. We just hosted a huge Shabbat dinner last Friday night and had a wonderful time with our friends. But, we just finished cleaning up yesterday and any prospect of having creating a large meal at this point in the week is not up for discussion.
In addition, the several weeks Jewish holidays took their toll in September and October and now, Hanukkah, a eight-day holiday that required preparation and fun is right around the corner (precisely 24 days away). The holidays in the fall was Israel's Halloween to New Year's season and now that's over.
So, we'll be going to a vegetarian restaurant out of respect for several of our vegetarian friends and we'll have a great time on Thursday night for Thanksgiving but then, the next day is Friday and it's time for another special dinner!
I'm actually thrilled to see such how holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving have not at all impacted the culture in Israel. I did not see any orange and black in October and I have not seen a single turkey decoration this month. It's just business as usual and that's pretty exciting.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
posted by Matt | 7:03 AM
1 Comments:
Sounds fantastic! We don't do Thanksgiving for a variety of reasons, including the one you talk about. Why have to prepare and clean up after ANOTHER huge meal if you don't have to? (not to mention the extra calories)
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