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...RETAILERS GOT WHAT THEY WANTED FOR Christmas this year. After several holiday shopping seasons that ranged from dismal to desperate, the final tally for 1992 gave merchants and economists that rosy glow: helped by an obliging calendar that provided two extra shopping days this year, consumers converged on cash registers across the country to spread holiday cheer...
...long ago they had a party. A poster near Au Bon Pain (presumably placed there illegally) read "Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the October (Bolshevik) Revolution. Saturday, November 7." (Imperial Russia used the old-style Julian calendar, so the "October" Revolution actually occurred in November...
...Jews and other non-Christians want to join the holiday bartering, we should get with the program and start exchanging Christmas presents. Hannukah itself is a nice little holiday, commemorating the victory of the Maccabees over Greek aggressors a long time ago. But in the Jewish calendar, it's very much a minor event. It's not even mentioned in the Bible. And the specter of celebrating the holiday by swapping presents might prompt Hillel himself to spin in his grave...
...shrimp; and I listen to Wagner. And my last name is as goyishe as it gets. But I'm Jewish. I live in Manhattan; I can quote Woody on command; and I observe (Jews never "celebrate") in varying degrees of intensity the high points of the Jewish ritual calendar...
...recognizing the diverse religious backgrounds students have. The FDO must end its habit of scheduling mandatory functions on the Jewish high holidays--particularly next year when Rosh Hashanah falls at the end of orientation week. The FDO must take into account all religious holidays when setting the orientation week calendar...