Posted on 10/10/2010 1:15:03 PM PDT by PROCON
Cambridge to start observance in 2011-12 As a Muslim and a high school senior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, 17-year-old Dunia Kassay faces a tough choice every year on Islamic holy days: go to school or stay home to be with family and friends.
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That is really good Tag Line material right there.
Actually, they're not acting.
The school will either close for Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha
So - it's ok to dismiss school for named Islamic unHoly days, but schools let out in December for "Winter Break"... Makes perfect sense.
Now I have to go spit out the bit of vomit that came up in my mouth... so sick that the US is following the European "example"...
Brilliant!!!
BTTT
“Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur have been holidays in some areas since the 70’s. I lived in one of those towns.”
Do you know if that’s still true?
Dhimmi liberal progressives thats how
If there is anyone out there who does not know, Cambridge is the city in which Harvard University is situated.
Sure is still true.
Newton,MA
I don’t know of any religious holidays that schools have now.
And Jeffrey Young,the supt of schools, formerly did his damage in Newton.
He was a croney of the former mayor,David Cohen.
Liberalism gone stark,raving mad.
They won’t let the school choir sing Christmas carols, but they institute this. Unbelieveable.
As I recall, the reason that the High Holidays were school holidays was because they couldn't get enough substitute teachers to cover for all the regular Jewish teachers that were taking the days off!
Sorry to disappoint the PC Police, but there was no "religious tolerance" reason here, it was pure and simply a problem of supply and demand!
I love your friend’s observation about Succos that lately “it’s becoming popular in the Northeast.” It’s been “popular” among observant Jews for thousands of years!!
In NO way is Succos related to the American holiday of Thanksgiving, which has its origins in the Pilgrims being grateful for surviving in the unsettled early America, save for the occasional approximate calendar coincidence. Since Jewish holidays are observed according to a lunar calendar, and secular holidays such as Thanksgiving are observed according to a Gregorian calendar, there is no set day corresponding to the “regular” calendar upon which they occur. They occur, however, on a set day on the Hebrew calendar.
Succos is a Jewish festival commemorating the 40 year sojourn in the wilderness following the exodus from slavery in Egypt as well as the harvest of the ripened produce. Jews are commanded to build and dwell in huts (Sukkahs) such as the Hebrew ex-slaves dwelt in during their 40 year journey. Meals are served in the Sukkah during the holiday, and the family’s men sleep out in the Sukkah if the weather permits.
There are no cornucopias, celebrations of “Harvest Home”, etc. which are associated with Succos. Those are symbols of other religions.
BTW, if your “Jewish blood” is from a maternal relative from whom you are directly descended, such as a grandmother, then you are, according to Jewish law, a Jew.
You know, I thought this story was so important that I posted it again, (after 4 hours 8:30 pm approximately) which I thought is the FR rule, but the moderator (excuse my laughter) blocked my post...hmmm. And you people wonder why FR’s glory days are over.
According to their school calendar, they have Jewish and Christian holidays:
They have Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Easter, Rosh Hoshannah, Yom Kippur, to name a few.
They’ve got Good Friday on there too.
Hmmmm, if you posted from the same source and followed FR posting guidelines, it does seem strange that is was blocked by a mod.
Could you elaborate on what you mean by blocked?
Was it posted and then pulled or were you given another reason?
They’ve got Winter Break. It’s not hard to look up. But they also have Christmas Eve, Good Friday, Rosh Hoshanah, Yom Kippur, etc.
Their school calendar says otherwise.
Cambridge gives Christmas Eve as a holiday, and Good Friday, and Thanksgiving, and Rosh Hoshanah. Easter is on a Sunday, so it doesn’t really warrant mention, does it?
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