Today during my physical therapy, I was in 'curtained room #1', and while my therapist was doing some manual techniques to decrease the effects of Erb's Palsy in my right arm, we overheard an interesting conversation:
The furry little physical therapist that does the 'dry needling' (related to acupuncture) is a Queens English speaking, Kippah (yarmulke)-wearing Orthodox Jewish man. This fella was in the next curtained-off area, 'dry needling' a patient.
Made obvious by their conversation, this patient had previous inside information pertaining to the Jewish therapist's private life. The patient asks, "Can I ask you a personal question?" The therapist answers, "You sure can!" The patient continues with, "Are you going to get Eric (the therapist's 3 yr old son) a CHRISTMAS present?"
Without making a sound, I looked into my therpist's face, and simultaneously we rolled our eyes in disbelief.
The Jewish therapist patiently but firmly answers the patient, "No, but Eric did get lots of Hanukkah presents!"
The patient replies... "Oh...uh.... Yeah."
Does the patient think the Orthodox Jewish therapist is wearing that small cap on his head to prevent sunburn (in the middle of a snowy, winter day) on his bald spot? GEEZ!
Some folk honestly don't bother to learn (or to care about!) the customs of those in the world around them. Hanukkah is NOT "a Jewish Christmas". There is no such thing. Jewish people do no believe in the New Testament *at all*, therefore, they do not acknowledge the birth or death of Christ.
Those people that believe their own religion is the "end all - be all" to all religions on the planet are the very definition of "ethnocentric".
- Michael
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