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Jews do not eat ham. They also don't celebrate Christmas. Having an office Christmas party and serving mostly ham is a great way to drive home exclusion. Or e.g
by wbl 6y ago
Jews do not eat ham. They also don't celebrate Christmas. Having an office Christmas party and serving mostly ham is a great way to drive home exclusion. Or e.g. demanding people work late Fridays. Observant Jews absolutely, positively have to get home by sundown on Friday.
- grumple 6y agoMany Jews (like me) will eat ham and happily celebrate at your Christmas party though. You’ll never please everyone.
- pseudalopex 6y agoWould you celebrate any less happily if the holiday party had kosher food?
- skinkestek 6y agoNot a jew but an "observant christian": I'd in fact in many cases be less happy if they took away things from my colleagues to please me. I don't eat blood or strangled meat but don't mess up other people's celebrations and blame it on me. As long as I'm not forced to be part of it just give me something else that I like and I'm happy.
- pseudalopex 6y agoHaving kosher food doesn't mean we can't have ham. People eat other things at Christmas anyway. And calling it a holiday party doesn't take anything away from anyone.
- renewiltord 6y agoOhhh, it's the double whammy of having a Christmas party at work and having the ham. I get it, I get it.