Comments on: Thanksgiving’s Jewish Roots http://themoderatevoice.com/16203/thanksgiving%e2%80%99s-jewish-roots/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: domajot http://themoderatevoice.com/16203/thanksgiving%e2%80%99s-jewish-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-105733 domajot Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:04:00 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/thanksgiving/16203/thanksgiving%e2%80%99s-jewish-roots/#comment-105733 Although there may be some, I'm at a loss to think of a single culture which didn't mark bringing in the harvest with an autumn celebration. The various rhythms of nature have been joined to religious observances of various kinds far and wide amd somce fprever. It's not by accident that Christmas is celebrated near the time of the winter solstice, for example. Jews would have a lot of competitions in claiming to be the source of the inspiration for Thanksgiving, if an open competition were declared. For one thing, the settlers were Eiropeans, and I don't think there is a single European country without a history of harvest feasts. I think the inspiration for everyone was the rhythm of the seasons, particularly in their agricultural significance. It's an interesting idea, but not the most likely one, IMO. Although there may be some, I’m at a loss to think of a single culture which didn’t mark bringing in the harvest with an autumn celebration. The various rhythms of nature have been joined to religious observances of various kinds far and wide amd somce fprever.
It’s not by accident that Christmas is celebrated near the time of the winter solstice, for example.

Jews would have a lot of competitions in claiming to be the source of the inspiration for Thanksgiving, if an open competition were declared.

For one thing, the settlers were Eiropeans, and I don’t think there is a single European country without a history of harvest feasts. I think the inspiration for everyone was the rhythm of the seasons, particularly in their agricultural significance.

It’s an interesting idea, but not the most likely one, IMO.

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