Can a menorah be displayed on public school property at Cornell University? Not according to its “Holiday Decoration Guidelines.” These curious regulations were flagged by unusual York Times contributing op-ed writer and Tablet contributor Judith Shulevitz,who expressed amusement at their contents. Most recently revised and approved on November 19, the guidelines appear to be a well-meaning attempt to promote an inclusive holiday atmosphere that went bizarrely awry:
Clearly, or the university intended to bar explicitly devout symbols,while permitting more anodyne holiday ones, and decided that the Star of David and menorah—both secular national Jewish symbols as well as devout ones—did not make the cut.
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