<p>I guess I focused on the actual members of the congregation who are sharing this joy with their community. That is what I–as a non-Jew 
--perceived to be the point of the thing, members sharing their joy with their spiritual community. This is a very UU take on the whole thing. :)</p>
<p>Consolation, I hear you. You’re concerned about inclusiveness and family, and I, for one, think those are very valid concerns. :)</p>
<p>Happily living in the diaspora here.</p>
<p>I’m all about non sequiturs and tangents, as a matter of fact those could be my third and fourth names, but perhaps it would be good to get back to helping the OP, or has the original topic been exhausted?</p>
<p>Well, I haven’t chimed in yet. :)</p>
<p>My mom has definitely lost her filters. I think she’s always been racist, but at 89 years old, she now doesn’t bother to be polite about it. A while back she was making loud racist comments in the dining room at her assisted living. I kept shushing her, and finally said, “Mom!! This is 2013, and it is NOT okay to be a bigot anymore!” She did pipe down after that.</p>