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Eid and Rosh Hashanah

September 30th, 2008 Zack 4 comments

Here in Atlanta, Eid is today. We wish everyone a very happy Eid. Eid Mubarak to you!

The Jewish new year started at sundown last night. So Eid and Rosh Hashanah are on the same day. Shanah Tovah, everyone!

Related Reading:

Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
How the Rosh Hashanah Challah Became Round
Philosophy of Religion: Thinking About Faith (Contours of Christian Philosophy)
Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics: Index Volume
Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities

Christmas

December 24th, 2007 Zack 2 comments

It’s Christmas Eve.

We have had Christmas lights outside our home since December 4. Michelle had demanded lights as she saw them in the neighborhood. So I told her we would decorate for Hanukkah, and so we did on the first day of Hanukkah.

Michelle has also asked that she get candies from Santa Klaus on Christmas. Every day at her preschool, she stopped at the Christmas tree and spent some time looking at all the decorations.

In short, this is our first fun Christmas, despite the long discussion the lady who cut my hair had with me a couple of weeks ago in favor of Merry Christmas and against Happy Holidays. Personally, I prefer Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Related Reading:

Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices
Mere Christianity
The Magical Christmas Cat
An Irish Country Christmas (Irish Country Books)
The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition

رمضان اور روش ہشانا مبارک

September 13th, 2007 Zack 4 comments

آج یہاں پہلا روزہ تھا۔ آپ سب کو رمضان مبارک ہو۔

ساتھ ہی آج عبرانی کیلنڈر کے نئے سال کا آغاز ہوا۔ آپ کو روش ہشانا بھی مبارک ہو۔ Shana Tova!

Related Reading:

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)
Islam: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)
Albanian-English/English-Albanian Dictionary and Phrasebook (Dictionary and Phrasebooks)
Dépéche du Comte Buol au Comte Colloredo, a Londres, en date du 20 mai 1855 (3 ramazan 1271) (French and French Edition)

Happy Easter and Hag Sameach

April 6th, 2007 Zack 4 comments

Today is Good Friday. So a Happy Easter to all my readers.

And sorry I am late. Passover started at sunset on April 2, but it is a week long holiday. So a Happy Passover too.

Related Reading:

A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith
Choosing a Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends
Radical Judaism: Rethinking God and Tradition (Franz Rosenzweig Lecture Series)
What's So Great about Christianity
Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church