Sarah Palin: Honorary "Hanukkah Hottie"? You Betcha!

Readers may have noticed we are running a sequel to last year's "Hanukkah Hotties" series, re-titled for 2010 as "Hanukkah Honeys". Dedicated to beautiful Jewish women the world over, we can't help but wonder if there isn't a place for a "honorary Jew"...like Sarah Palin.

Sarah gets it...better than most of the Jersey Jews whom I will be sharing a synagogue with tonight. Her Hanukkah message:

As Jewish families all over the country and the world come together to celebrate the festival of lights – the miracle of one day’s worth of oil lasting for eight – we are reminded that this holiday is also about the miracle of taking a stand against impossible odds, surviving existential threats, and staying true to one’s values and beliefs through it all.

More than two thousand years after the Maccabees rebelled against their oppressors and reconsecrated their Holy Temple, the Jewish people continue to face threats to their existence, and they continue to persevere and overcome great odds. Today we should all recommit ourselves to ensuring that the miracle of a Jewish state endures forever. The dreidel is one of the most familiar symbols of Hanukkah, with Hebrew letters on it representing the phrase Nes Gadol Haya Sham – “a great miracle happened there.” Indeed a great miracle is still happening there. Todd and I wish the Jewish community a very Happy Hanukkah.

So Sarah, for the purpose of this blog, you are now an honorary Jew. We'll perhaps make you the Shamus, the "helper candle", and give you a special place in between nights 2 & 3 of our Hanukkah Hotties series.

Just like the special place in you have in our hearts: