Holidays for February 2008
Hug A Jew Day was started by a member of Facebook in Atlanta Georgia in 2008. The action is to Grab your jewish buddies and just give them a nice big hug on February 1st at 12:00am.
From the Organizer:
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Go out anywhere across the world, grab a Jew, and give em a nice warm and cuddly hug. (This includes Jews from every country!)
OK. I have seen that at different times on the wall people write why I created this event. Heres the story: I was invited one day to an "International-Hug-An-Asian-Day." I thought this was a great idea and said, "Hey why don't we have a hug a Jew day?" I am Jewish and I have not seen one so I made one. Another reason for this was that during these times the Jews are having some hard times. We need to show each other love, Jews, half-Jews, even quarter-Jews. Jews need to spread the love to Jews and non-Jews alike. Whether you are a Jew or not, take this day as a special opportunity to grab a Jew and show them that you care and support them.
*Ignore the city, its what I had to put in. This is for everyone across the world.
*The date was chosen because it is my birthday and lack of a better one. (Yay for everyone else whose birthday is also this date!)
*This is not an event in which people are supposed to rant about their political, racist, or personal views about Jews and anything related to Jews. We do not want your negative crap keep it out! I am monitoring the wall, keep everything positive. I do not mind people saying things like, "Yay Jews!" But if you saying anything bad I will remove it and you from the event.
*Lastly everyone, HAPPY HUGGING!"
As of the beginning of January 2008 there were 53,169 confirmed participants.
