Dennis The Mennace

Sylvester Tweety

	Looney Tunes Tweety Bird And Sylvester Salt & Pepper Shakers Set Sale Price: $10.80
	Tweety Bird & Sylvester Cat Salt Pepper S/P Shakers Set

	Looney Tunes Sylvester and Tweety Bird 45MM Small Water Snow Globe Sale Price: $11.99
	Sylvester and Tweety Looney Tunes Best Friends Small Water Snow Globe. This great snow globe measures approx 3 x 3.5 inches. Great holiday gift for any fan of Looney Tunes!

	The Ronald McDonald All-Star Party with special guest stars The Sesame Street Muppets, Strawberry Shortcake, The Chipmunks, The Lolliwinks, Shamu & Tweety Pie and Sylvester
	Outstanding collection of popular children's favorites from the best TV characters of all time. Features artwork on jacket of Ronald McDonald, Sesame Street characters, The Lolliwinks, Strawberry Shortcake, Kermit the Frog, , Sylvester & Tweety, Shamu...

	Sylvester & Tweety's Tale Feathers [VHS] List Price: $12.98 Sale Price: $8.95

	Tweety & Sylvester [VHS] List Price: $9.98 Sale Price: $18.95

	Warner Brothers Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection Sylvester & Tweety's Crazy Capers [VHS] List Price: $12.99 Sale Price: $12.99
	Warner Brothers Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection Sylvester & Tweety's Crazy Capers [VHS]

	RoomMates RMK1447GM Sylvester Giant Peel and Stick Wall Decals List Price: $32.99 Sale Price: Too low to display
	I tawt I taw a puddy tat! Sylvester comes alive on your walls in this giant wall sticker. At 49 inches long, you can make a big statement in any room of your house... but because RoomMates are easily removable and repositionable, you never have to worry about the permanence of your design...

	RoomMates RMK1488GM Tweety Giant Peel and Stick Wall Decals List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $24.99
	Everyone's favorite Tweety bird is coming to your walls! This fun pack of three giant-sized Tweety wall stickers is sure to delight fans of all ages. Perfect for a little girl with bare and boring bedroom walls, or a Looney Tunes collector in need of some decoration...

	LOONEY TUNES Tweety & Taz - Wallpaper Wall Accent Border List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $4.95
	Looney Tunes Self-Stick Wall Border. Licensed wallpaper border. Just peel & stick! This sale is only for the wall border described . Any other items pictured are for illustration only.

	The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries: The Complete First Season List Price: $19.98 Sale Price: $10.95
	Amateur detective Granny travels the world solving mysteries with her pets Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector the bulldog.

	Brother TZWS41 3/4-Inch Labeling Tape (26.2-feet, Black on Sylvester & Tweety Pattern) List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $13.88
	Labels - 1 x black - labels - Roll (0.7 in x 26.3 ft) - 1 pcs.

Tom&Jerry vs Sylvester&Tweety?

Which team wins in a fight?

I think TOM&Jerry.
I'm a fan of Sylvester&Tweety though.

Don't Mess with Sylvester

We have come to the end of another year- another decade too. December 31st is upon us and worldwide folks will ring in the new year with celebrations.

Well, almost everywhere. I live in Israel, where December 31st (and January 1st too)  is just another regular day. True, we will recognize that 2010 is starting, but we won't have a day off for it. No New Year's Day college bowl games for us. No parades, no kissing at midnight at the stroke of midnight - well, at least not for me.

It can be understood that in Israel, the Jewish state, January 1st is no big deal. After all, we Jews already had our New Year, Rosh Hashana, back in September. And our count is a bit higher, we did not flip the calendar to 2010, but celebrated the start of year 5770!

The Israeli term for New Year's night celebrations, "Sylvester," was the name of the "Saint" and Roman Pope who reigned during the Council of Nicaea (325 C.E.). All Catholic "Saints" are awarded a day on which Christians celebrate and pay tribute to that Saint's memory. December 31 is Saint Sylvester Day - hence celebrations on the night of December 31 are dedicated to Sylvester's memory.

So far, so good. Well, not really. You see this 'Saint Sylvester' has a problematic biography for Jews. According to some sources, the year before the Council of Nicaea convened, Sylvester convinced Constantine to prohibit Jews from living in Jerusalem. At the Council of Nicaea, Sylvester arranged for the passage of a host of viciously anti-Semitic legislation.

So it can be understood why many Jews in Israel object to their fellow Israelis celebrating 'Sylvester'. We already had our 'New Year' and why call the day 'Sylvester' in Israel if the guy it was named after was not such a "cool cat".

Speaking of cats, there is one objection that never gets raised. Calling New Year's Eve 'Sylvester' is a slight to the Looney Tune's, Sylvester the Cat! He deserves better.

And he's not the only Sylvester I feel is getting short changed, what about Sylvester Stallone? Let's show a little respect to Sly. The thespian who brought us Rambo and Rocky shouldn't be mixed into this controversy. 'Yo, Adrian, you wanna kiss me at midnight? It's Sylvester!' It doesn't sound quite right.

So, my fellow Israelis, if you really feel you must go out and celebrate on the evening of December 31st, just call it New Year's Eve (or the Hebrew equivalent). Why throw more fire on the "Sylvester" controversy?

And even if you don't care about some old saint, please refrain from calling Sylvester for my sake - and if that's not enough, do it for  Sly Stallone and for Tweety's nemesis, Sylvester the cat.

Sufferin' Succotash!

About the Author

Yonatan Sredni has an MA in Creative Writing from Bar-Ilan University in Israel.

	Looney Tunes Tweety Bird And Sylvester Salt & Pepper Shakers Set Sale Price: $10.80
	Tweety Bird & Sylvester Cat Salt Pepper S/P Shakers Set

	Looney Tunes Sylvester and Tweety Bird 45MM Small Water Snow Globe Sale Price: $11.99
	Sylvester and Tweety Looney Tunes Best Friends Small Water Snow Globe. This great snow globe measures approx 3 x 3.5 inches. Great holiday gift for any fan of Looney Tunes!

	The Ronald McDonald All-Star Party with special guest stars The Sesame Street Muppets, Strawberry Shortcake, The Chipmunks, The Lolliwinks, Shamu & Tweety Pie and Sylvester
	Outstanding collection of popular children's favorites from the best TV characters of all time. Features artwork on jacket of Ronald McDonald, Sesame Street characters, The Lolliwinks, Strawberry Shortcake, Kermit the Frog, , Sylvester & Tweety, Shamu...

	Sylvester & Tweety's Tale Feathers [VHS] List Price: $12.98 Sale Price: $8.95

	Tweety & Sylvester [VHS] List Price: $9.98 Sale Price: $18.95

	Warner Brothers Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection Sylvester & Tweety's Crazy Capers [VHS] List Price: $12.99 Sale Price: $12.99
	Warner Brothers Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection Sylvester & Tweety's Crazy Capers [VHS]

	RoomMates RMK1447GM Sylvester Giant Peel and Stick Wall Decals List Price: $32.99 Sale Price: Too low to display
	I tawt I taw a puddy tat! Sylvester comes alive on your walls in this giant wall sticker. At 49 inches long, you can make a big statement in any room of your house... but because RoomMates are easily removable and repositionable, you never have to worry about the permanence of your design...

Aluminium Chef: Sylvester vs Tweety