The 8th grade back to school night at Luther Jackson middle school for 8th graders is at the end of Yom Kippur. I thought we were multicultural enough not to have crap like this.

Well, school interferes with some of our religious plans, also. You have the right to take your kid out of school for religious obligations. You can't please everybody.

i assume this whole post is a joke. at least i hope so.

I recommend you move to Israel. That way you won't feel discriminated against. Thanks

I'm a Jew and I hate Jewish people. I like soul food and black girls. Last year for Yom Kippur all I got was a challah board and a new calculator.

I love shylocks. And I like well spoken colored people.

But I don't like smelly Indians at 7-11.

Signed,

Joe Biden

http://www.fcps.edu/hr/eer/relcal/index.shtml

Here. Pick a date that doesn't offend SOMEONE.

It's a shoah!

parentv Wrote:
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> The 8th grade back to school night at Luther
> Jackson middle school for 8th graders is at the
> end of Yom Kippur. I thought we were multicultural
> enough not to have crap like this.


It's is ruining my Waqf al Arafa-Hajj Day. How dare they.

From Tom Lehrer, 1963 - The Catholics hate the Protestants, and the Protestants hate the Catholics, and the Hindus hate the Moslems, and everybody hates the Jews. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

It can't be that important if you can't have it on the same day each year. You stupid religious fucks. Good Friday. Ramadan. Yom Kippur. Hosh Rokkanah.

Don't mess with my Dewali you insensitive administrators.

OP, you posted this on DCUM, too. Is this your attempt at 15 minutes of fame?

I take every March 17 off. It's St Patrick's Day!

Wiccan Day is every Wednesday and Thursday. Schools should close for MY religion, not one of those totally bogus ones like Jewish holidays.

OP, I would accept this challenge as a Mitzvah. Let's say for the sake of argument the administrators of Jackson Middle School simply messed up. I think that's far more likely than antisemitism.

I recommend you call the school, and ask for a face-to-face meeting with the principal to discuss your concerns, and what can be done about them. Let them know you as a parent want to be vested in the school and supportive, and the first step to that is Back to School night. Some ideas to bring up:

1) See if the school would have any interest in hosting a "break the fast" potluck for the Jewish students of the school. Perhaps this could happen mid-way through the evening.

2) Simply ask them to move the date. And let them know that Yom Kippur is the holiest holiday on the Jewish Calendar. It's the equivalent of scheduling back-to-school night on Christmas and/or Easter, It's early enough they might just do it.

3) Attend early religious services (in person or over the Internet) and then just go to Back to School night. Maybe skip the Shofar. IF you feel robbed, there are temple services the other 51 weeks of the year. And other ways to get involved in the religion. Use this challenge to evaluate whether you are a producer or consumer of Judaism.

My thoughts anyway. This is an opportunity to establish a dialogue with Jackson Middle School, and perhaps an opening to fostering a Jewish community within the student body.

I'm an optimist at heart admittedly. But I would try the steps above before stating the school simply hates Jews.

Stephan dingleburgy Wrote:
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> I'm a Jew and I hate Jewish people. I like soul
> food and black girls. Last year for Yom Kippur all
> I got was a challah board and a new calculator.


As a Jew, I love Easter. We killed Jesus, and if he comes back we'll finish the job

Perhaps someone was intelligent enough to recognize that Judaism, like all religions (including socialism), are man-made fairytales used to fool and control the weakminded.

From the beginning of September through mid-October can be a scheduling nightmare. Pick almost any date and there will be some conflict.

Bill.N. Wrote:
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> From the beginning of September through
> mid-October can be a scheduling nightmare. Pick
> almost any date and there will be some conflict.


Exactly. Check the posted calendar above. No matter what day you pick, you are in trouble with somebody. Sports and other groups plan things on the Christian holidays (or very close to them-which messes with plans), so nobody really gets a break. You can't necessarily go out of town when you want, etc.

They they go to college and your kids have to go to class on days they don't want to go.

That's life.

"Have uh nagilla."

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/495940.page

I won't be happy until everyone celebrates El Malaguena.

Doesn't everyone?