Jewish Supreme Court Justice and Christmas

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Jess Bravin, High Court Justice Kagan Reminded of Holiday Quip. Wall Street Journal, Dec 17, 2012 (in the column Proceedings | Highlights from the law blog).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 83680169394790.html

Note:
(a) The Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) surname Kagan is "one of the many forms of Cohen."
Dictionary of American Family Names.
(b) Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_%26_I_Historic_Synagogue
(located at the corner of Sixth Street and I Street, NW in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, DC)
(c) mazel tov
(i) http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mazel_tov
(ii) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazel_tov
(section 1 Etymology)