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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

1188.0. "Official list of Jewish holidays" by DECSIM::HAMAN::GROSS (The bug stops here) Mon Mar 16 1992 17:05

This morning I called my local school's superintendant's office to complain
that they had scheduled a "parent's night" for the eve of Purim. I got
an interesting response. Apparently, the state of Massachusetts distributes
a list of Jewish holidays to all school districts to let them know which
days Jewish children should be excused from school. The schools just don't
have the information about which _evenings_ should not be used.

One Rosh Hashanah, one of my kids took some flack from a teacher for being
out the 2nd day. The teacher was "certain" that Rosh Hashanah is a 1-day
holiday. I think it's time to get a copy of that state list and look it
over carefully. Anyone want to join me?

On a semi-related issue: should children stay out of school for Purim?

Dave

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1188.1	Oh, boy, no school today!	ERICG::ERICG	Eric Goldstein	`Mon Mar 16 1992 18:00`	5
	.0> On a semi-related issue: should children stay out of school for Purim? What do you mean by "should"? I don't think that there would be any reason based on halacha. On the other hand, I'm sure that your kids could come up with any number of reasons why they should be allowed to skip school that day!
1188.2	MHO - get thee to school	PCOJCT::MILBERG	born 162 days too late	`Tue Mar 17 1992 00:49`	8
	My wife, who works for Federation, and gets EVERY conceivable holiday off - does NOT get Purim off! The NY camera stores, operated by the Hassidim do NOT close for Purim - they do close early enough to get home by sundown for erev Purim. -Barry-
1188.3	Thanks	DECSIM::DECSIM::GROSS	The bug stops here	`Tue Mar 17 1992 05:42`	7
	The school _day_ question was incidental. But, thanks for the answer. The "parent's night" event is in the evening and conflicts with the Megillah reading. I think the state "official" Jewish holiday list needs a bit of expansion. Dave
1188.4	New York camera stores - closed on Purim	CADSYS::HECTOR::RICHARDSON		`Tue Mar 24 1992 21:13`	11
	Hmm, I am reasonably sure that when I called up B&H a few weeks ago to order a bunch of film they told me they would be closed the day of Purim (I don't know if they closed early the previous evening). I told them I would be on vacation at the time - we had a riotous time reading the Megillah on the boat, and the cook (not Jewish) even made decent hamentashen from our descriptions of the desired pastries (substituting raisins for prunes even though the latter were available too, in deference to the boat's plumbing systems...). Don't know about the other camera stores. /Charlotte