any Jewish child take the slightest part in any Christmas song or play,—not so much as see it.”
Rabbi Max I. Wohlgelernter, educational director of a Talmud Torah here, said:
“Parents in permitting their children to participate in a Christmas program, perhaps do not realize that the pain they eventually will cause their children through the loss of their self-respect.”
Rabbi S. P. Wohlgelernter said:
“Participation of Jewish children in Christmas performances is contrary to the very teachings of Judaism and ought to be combatted by every right-thinking Jew in the community.”
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
