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Is Christian-owned Hobby Lobby boycotting Hanukkah? | Religion News Service
I recently learned that Hobby Lobby owner, Steve Green, was refusing to sell any hanukkah merchandise. Mr. Green will sell pagan holiday merchandise for Halloween and pagan holiday of Yule but not anything Jewish. Interesting that even the Muslims I know do not acknowledge or celebrate Halloween or Yule but this Billionaire who claims to be a Christian business owner appears to have no problem with it!
As I was told the store was owned by Christian billionaire, Steve Green, I decided to investigate this story myself. I went to our local Hobby Lobby store and approached the manager. I asked, where are your Menorah's? We don't carry those. What do you have that is Jewish, I asked? Nothing, he replied.
I said, Nothing? He replied, Nothing on order. I said when will it come in then? He said, Our store is not ordering anything Jewish or anything for Hanukkah. I said, why not? He said, I don't know.
He then said, they are "discussing it".. What's to discuss? Apparently this "christian business owner" finds a conflict of interest in stocking Jewish holiday items because he is a Christian. What an excuse! Has this man ever opened his Jewish bible before? The Jews serve the same God we do!
I told the manager at the store, I thought the Owner was a Christian! He said, He is! I replied, No, he isn't!
I told him, I am a Christian and I am highly offended by his refusal to stock anything Jewish in his stores! I told him I am going on the internet to ask for a Boycott of Hobby Lobby too! The look on his face was priceless! He looked as if this would be the very last idea to come to anyones mind over such anti semitic business practices! As if this is no big deal at all! His lack of response utterly shocked me, you guys!
I left the store and went home to look up the story about this on the internet. His excuse is that he is a Christian and felt it conflicted with his faith to have anything Jewish in his stores. This so called Christian Billionaire owner of Hobby Lobby has his store stocked to the brim with pagan holiday supplies.. within view while I was there I saw witches flying on brooms, pumpkins, every type pagan decoration for celebrating the pagan holidays, santas, trees, and christmas items stocked - Yule - another holiday rooted in paganism and yet he must boycott Jewish holiday items? I'm sorry but this man is not a Christian according to my bible's definition of a Christian. An anti-semite? Yes. A Christian? Not a chance.
I have a response for this anti semitic Billionaire, Boycott Hobby Lobby! I don't care if Mr. Green orders 10 billion Menorahs now! I will never buy from his store again.
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According to Berwitz, one of the women asked about bar mitzvah cards, and a Hobby Lobby salesperson replied: “We don’t cater to you people.”
That story prompted Berwitz, who own a market research company and writes the “Hopelessly Partisan” blog, to call the Marlboro store and ask why it seemed to be ignoring Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights, which begins on Nov. 27 this year. He wrote that he received the following response:
“Because Mr. Green is the owner of the company, he’s a Christian, and those are his values.”
Berwitz told Religion News Service that he then called Hobby Lobby’s corporate headquarters in Oklahoma City, and the company confirmed that it does not stock items for Hanukkah, and did not give a reason. When he asked whether the company carries Passover merchandise, he was again told no.
“As someone with a great many Christian friends and acquaintances,” Berwitz wrote, “I can honestly say that I don’t know even one who would see the intentional exclusion of Jews as having anything to do with their religious beliefs.”
I recently learned that Hobby Lobby owner, Steve Green, was refusing to sell any hanukkah merchandise. Mr. Green will sell pagan holiday merchandise for Halloween and pagan holiday of Yule but not anything Jewish. Interesting that even the Muslims I know do not acknowledge or celebrate Halloween or Yule but this Billionaire who claims to be a Christian business owner appears to have no problem with it!
As I was told the store was owned by Christian billionaire, Steve Green, I decided to investigate this story myself. I went to our local Hobby Lobby store and approached the manager. I asked, where are your Menorah's? We don't carry those. What do you have that is Jewish, I asked? Nothing, he replied.
I said, Nothing? He replied, Nothing on order. I said when will it come in then? He said, Our store is not ordering anything Jewish or anything for Hanukkah. I said, why not? He said, I don't know.
He then said, they are "discussing it".. What's to discuss? Apparently this "christian business owner" finds a conflict of interest in stocking Jewish holiday items because he is a Christian. What an excuse! Has this man ever opened his Jewish bible before? The Jews serve the same God we do!
I told the manager at the store, I thought the Owner was a Christian! He said, He is! I replied, No, he isn't!
I told him, I am a Christian and I am highly offended by his refusal to stock anything Jewish in his stores! I told him I am going on the internet to ask for a Boycott of Hobby Lobby too! The look on his face was priceless! He looked as if this would be the very last idea to come to anyones mind over such anti semitic business practices! As if this is no big deal at all! His lack of response utterly shocked me, you guys!
I left the store and went home to look up the story about this on the internet. His excuse is that he is a Christian and felt it conflicted with his faith to have anything Jewish in his stores. This so called Christian Billionaire owner of Hobby Lobby has his store stocked to the brim with pagan holiday supplies.. within view while I was there I saw witches flying on brooms, pumpkins, every type pagan decoration for celebrating the pagan holidays, santas, trees, and christmas items stocked - Yule - another holiday rooted in paganism and yet he must boycott Jewish holiday items? I'm sorry but this man is not a Christian according to my bible's definition of a Christian. An anti-semite? Yes. A Christian? Not a chance.
I have a response for this anti semitic Billionaire, Boycott Hobby Lobby! I don't care if Mr. Green orders 10 billion Menorahs now! I will never buy from his store again.
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Clip from article:
According to Berwitz, one of the women asked about bar mitzvah cards, and a Hobby Lobby salesperson replied: “We don’t cater to you people.”
That story prompted Berwitz, who own a market research company and writes the “Hopelessly Partisan” blog, to call the Marlboro store and ask why it seemed to be ignoring Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights, which begins on Nov. 27 this year. He wrote that he received the following response:
“Because Mr. Green is the owner of the company, he’s a Christian, and those are his values.”
Berwitz told Religion News Service that he then called Hobby Lobby’s corporate headquarters in Oklahoma City, and the company confirmed that it does not stock items for Hanukkah, and did not give a reason. When he asked whether the company carries Passover merchandise, he was again told no.
“As someone with a great many Christian friends and acquaintances,” Berwitz wrote, “I can honestly say that I don’t know even one who would see the intentional exclusion of Jews as having anything to do with their religious beliefs.”
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