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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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Sheila's Out Shopping: Hanukkah
Naples Daily News - Fri Nov 20, 5:57 pm ET
The lighting of the first candle for Hanukkah this year will be at sundown Dec. 11, and all eight candles and the shamus will be burning brightly on Dec. 18.Hanukkah is the Jewish holiday that is also called the festival of lights, and celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after its desecration by the Hellenist Syrians in the second century B.C.A small amount of oil to light the ...
Para Los Niños and Heschel Day School perform at The Federation’s Sukkot celebration
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Tue Nov 17, 11:29 pm ET
Students from Para Los Niños and Heschel Day School perform at The Federation’s Sukkot celebration on skid row.
Book It: Book Events November 15–21
Bostonist - Sun Nov 15, 9:29 pm ET
Monday, November 16 7:00 pm, Harvard Book Store *Cory Doctorow, Makers 7:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith Steve Buckley, A Wicked Good Year: How the Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics Turned the Hub of the Universe into the Capital of Sports Tuesday, November 17 7:00 pm, Harvard Book Store Maxim D. Shrayer, Yom Kippur in Amsterdam: Stories 7:00 pm, Porter Square Books Anita Silvey, Everything I Need to ...
Committee approves Rosh Hashanah holiday for 2010 calendar
The News-Press - Mon Dec 14, 1:36 am ET
The Lee County School District's calendar committee has agreed to make Rosh Hashanah a holiday in 2010.
Chanukkah through the eyes of preschoolers
KTVA Anchorage - Sat Dec 12, 6:40 pm ET
"One, two. We make our three circles ," says Congregation Beth Shalom Preschool Teacher Carrie Plant. Plant along with her helper, little Shilynn, lead an enthusiastic group of 20 to 30 Joy Greisen Jewish Education Center preschoolers in their weekly Friday night Sabbath service called Shabbat.
Sex, world record lure young people to Moscow Chanukah party
JTA - Mon Dec 14, 4:13 pm ET
MOSCOW (JTA) -- 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.
Chabad hosts Hanukkah events for all ages
The Warwick Advertiser - 1 hour 33 minutes ago
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.