Comments on: Top 10 Rules if You’re Dating a Jewish Woman on Valentine’s Day

By: TC Jewfolk Has The V-Day Bug | TC Jewfolk

TC Jewfolk Has The V-Day Bug | TC Jewfolk — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:14:00 +0000

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By: ML

ML — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:48:54 +0000

I also forgot to point out that Tu B’Av and Valentine’s Day have a small, but important, distinction. Valentine’s Day is basically a day for couples. Tu B’Av, at least according to what I’ve read in the Talmud, is a holiday for singles.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:47:08 +0000

April hits it right on the head.

In several blog posts in the past week, some of the bloggers (and commentators) have gone out of their way to call out the long ago retired ‘Saint’ in Valentine’s Day. For those of you still choosing to associate the holiday with Christianity – I have news for you – the Catholic Church removed Saint Valentine’s day from their calendar in 1969 during Vatican II. In other words, they decided there wasn’t enough ‘Saint’ in the holiday to continue to observe it.

If you want to learn why it’s OK for you to celebrate Valentine’s day, I recommend this article, by Rabbi Uram: http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/About_Holidays/Non-Jewish_Holidays/Valentines_Day.shtml

By: Natural Woman

Natural Woman — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:51:29 +0000

Here’s my totally different perspective. Valentine’s Day is a contrived, commercial and Christian holiday. Show me the respect (as an independent Jewish woman) of realizing that this meshigas is just not my thing. In general, don’t buy me something pricey if we are a couple — that’s my money you are spending. Don’t get me lingerie– if you don’t find me exquisitely attractive in basics or nothing, that’s your problem. On this day, as any other, show that you actually get me. What’s romantic? A really gourmet dinner that you cooked. Finding my favorite obscure artist, musician or author at a nearby venue and suggesting we enjoy a night out together. Reading the New York Review of Books and bringing home a stack from the library. Fixing the light over my dressing table without needing to be asked (or, more realistically, without needing to be asked more than once). Is there anything Jewish about this? Maybe. It’s about self-respect, insight, maturity, divergence from the majority culture and a love that goes deeper than Hallmark.