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Non-Jews are certainly welcome to celebrate Hannukah with Jews. However, it is problematic if non-Jews celebrate and adopt Hannukah by themselves, and it is especially problematic if this adoption entails imparting Hannukah with new meaning, especially new meaning that is connected with Christian beliefs or other non-Jewish beliefs. Keep in mind that Hannukah not only celebrates our survival through a near miraculous military victory over the far larger Greek Seleucid Empire as well as the rededication of the Temple subsequent to the victory, but it also celebrates successful rejecting of forced assimilation; an important part of the Hannukah story and why it was so important that the Maccabees defeat the Seleucid Empire was for their attempt to deny Jews the right to practice Judaism as well as their attempt to forcibly assimilate Jews. In adopting Hannukah, one is — in effect — being assimilationist and culturally erasing in ways that can be perceived as subverting the underlying ideas of the holiday. It's certainly possible to celebrate with each other, but please do not cross over the line into ownership.

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