Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi lambasted Israeli Jews who have Christmas trees and other Christmas trappings in their homes. “These phenomena, which increase year by year among Jews, are evidence of a society which has no moral, cultural, or national backbone,” Yisrael Meir Lau said.
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