http://antisemitica.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/whose-christmas-is-it/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18feinstein.html

In The New York Times, Michael Feinstein (a Jewish Op-Ed contributor) contests the Christian ownership of Christmas in America’s “newspaper of record.” He argues that the “spirit of the holiday is universal” and that Christians should understand “this encroachment.” Feinstein claims that we live in a “multicultural time” and the “mixing up” of traditions is the “inevitable result.” Is it really?

In a moment of candor, Feinstein draws attention to the various Jewish writers who have “eroded” the Christian “religious tradition” and contributed to the secularization of the holiday. He speaks of his “barely concealed rage” at the audacity of an orchestra board representative who told him his concert program was “too Jewish.” In response, he defiantly promised the second night’s show would be “even more Jewish.”

I can’t imagine an offensive Christian article about Jews, one written in such a condescending and contemptuous spirit, ever getting published in the pages of The New York Times, especially in the holiday season. Apparently, NYT editors don’t believe their multiculturalist sensitivity is applicable to America’s Christian majority, but this is hardly a revelation.

It could serve as a starting point, however, for a much needed discussion of “Jewish Privilege.”