2 Jewish holidays removed from school calendar in Farmington By Susan Raff Published: Nov. 17, 2022 at 5:53 PM PST ...

Farmington removes 2 Jewish holidays, Diwali from the 2023-2024 academic calendar Posted: Nov 18, 2022 / 11:37 AM EST Updated: Nov 18, 2022 / 11:37 AM EST ...

The Farmington Board of Education unanimously voted Monday to remove two Jewish holidays from its 2023-2024 calendar and rejected calls from town’s the South Asian population to provide a day ...

In 2021, Muslim students campaigned for a non-class day during Eid al-Fitr, citing that they felt “excluded” from the treatment afforded to major Christian and Jewish holidays.

Proponents of the holidays hope the board will double back on its original decision and restore the Jewish holidays, which have been on the calendar since 1999, and add a day off for Diwali, which ...

Hanukkah begins after sundown on Sunday, Dec. 18, this year, and ends after sundown on Monday, Dec. 26. The holiday begins on the 25th day of Kislev each year, the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.

The division of the holidays in Vayikra 23 into two equal sections offers a provocative possibility: Perhaps the Jewish calendar is divided into competing halves.

The county used only one of four emergency closing days built into the 2022-2023 calendar. The calendar is likely to be voted on by the school board on Nov. 8, according to the discussion item.

St. Paul Public Schools students would be in class on Election Day but not on Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana or Eid al-Fitr under a calendar recommendation submitted Tuesday night to the school board.

Honor diversity by recognizing Jewish holidays for teachers, students in Clark County School District By Sara Gilbert-Bagwin Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022 | 2 a.m. View more of the Sun's opinion section ...