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Rosh Hashanah recommended as a school holiday in Lee for 2010

WINK TV Southwest Florida - Tue Dec 15, 12:20 am ET

A Lee County schools committee decided Monday to recommend the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah as a day off for students in 2010.

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Chabad hosts Hanukkah events for all ages
The Photo News - Tue Dec 15, 3:14 am ET
Monroe Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, is celebrated this year from Dec. 11 to 19 and Chabad of Orange County, headed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, is hosting an myriad of Hanukkah events for all, regardless of background or affiliation, from community menorah lightings around the county, to the grand community “Hanukkah in Candy Land,” among other programs and services.
No class on Jewish holiday for Lee County students
The News-Press - Tue Dec 15, 1:21 am ET
Lee County schools will close for Rosh Hashanah in 2010, but a new task force will examine holidays and breaks that make Lee's school year the...
Rosh Hashanah recommended as a school holiday in Lee for 2010
WINK TV Southwest Florida - Tue Dec 15, 12:20 am ET
A Lee County schools committee decided Monday to recommend the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah as a day off for students in 2010.
Collier, Lee school districts take different approaches in recognizing Jewish holidays
Bonita Daily News - Mon Dec 14, 9:09 pm ET
Lee County’s Jewish students will once again be out of school in recognition of major Jewish holiday next year, while Collier’s students will attend school and play sports games as in years past.
Committee approves Rosh Hashanah holiday for 2010 calendar
The News-Press - Mon Dec 14, 7:54 pm ET
The Lee County School District's calendar committee has agreed to make Rosh Hashanah a holiday in 2010.
Lee Schools will have Rosh Hashanah as a day off
NBC 2 Fort Myers - Mon Dec 14, 6:27 pm ET
The Lee County Calendar Committee approved Rosh Hashanah as a day off for students during Monday night's meeting.
Committee to decide if Lee Schools will have Jewish holiday off
ABC 7 Gulfshore News - Mon Dec 14, 6:25 pm ET
LEE COUNTY: The Lee County Calendar Committee will meet Monday night for the eighth time to decide whether or not Lee County Schools will have Rosh Hashanah off.
Sex, world record lure young people to Moscow Chanukah party
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Mon Dec 14, 4:43 pm ET
A Jewish holiday, the lure of sex and the possibility of helping break a Guinness world record drew hundreds of young people to a Moscow nightclub for an unusual Chanukah celebration.
What Would You Give Joe Lieberman For Hanukkah?
The Huffington Post - Mon Dec 14, 4:12 pm ET
What would you give Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to celebrate the Jewish holiday? Click below to tell us what you think the senator deserves in light of his latest position on health care reform.
Lee County schools' days off decided today
The News-Press - Mon Dec 14, 9:37 am ET
Twelve years after a proposed Bible curriculum split Lee County, a new debate about whether Rosh Hashanah should be declared a school holiday has...
Nonprofit set up wonderland event for all ages to learn about Jewish holiday
Marietta Daily Journal - Mon Dec 14, 1:04 am ET
EAST COBB - Chanukah, also known as Hanukkah, is perhaps the most widely known holiday on the Jewish calendar. But because it takes place around the same time as Christmas, it sometimes gets mistak...
Lee school calendar committee unsure how to accommodate for Jewish holiday
Bonita Daily News - Sun Dec 13, 5:24 pm ET
With the calendar year ready to turn over, the clock is ticking in Lee County for a committee to set the 2010/11 school calendar. After seven meetings, the committee charged with that task has yet to finalize its recommendation to the Lee County School Board. However, the committee is dealing with a religious issue that has members of the Jewish faith concerned.
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Aberdeen American News - Sun Dec 13, 7:15 am ET
Christmas is celebrated on Dec. 25 each year, but the eight--day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah falls on dates determined by the lunar, not the solar, calendar -- so the dates are different every year....
Celebrating a victory
The Tuscaloosa News - Sun Dec 13, 4:39 am ET
By Paul Greenberg Friday evening we lit the first candle on the Hanukkah menorah, for it was the first night of this minor eight-day Jewish holiday that’s become a major one over the years. There are blessings to be recited, songs to be sung, latkes to be eaten ... But just what does Hanukkah celebrate?
Jewish community faces challenges
Bowling Green Daily News - Sun Dec 13, 2:55 am ET
December is filled with traditions such as tree trimming and visits with Santa, but there is more going on this month than what takes place around the Christmas tree. Sundown Friday marked the beginning of the festive, eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, and for Bowling Green’s Am Shalom Congregation, that means sharing the joys as well as the challenges that Jewish heritage presents for life ...