On Faith: On ‘Thanksgivukkah,’ give thanks for religious freedom

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The marketing frenzy surrounding “Thanksgivukkah” a term coined by a Massachusetts woman for this year’s rare convergence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah reminds me of an old New Yorker cartoon:

Leaning on the railing of a ship bound for the New World, one Pilgrim says to another: “My immediate goal is religious freedom, but my long term plan is to go into real estate.”

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