It's Rosh Hashanah.

[conuly]

Those of my friends who celebrate, of course, have a good holiday and a happy new year. And those who don't, well, enjoy the next two days anyway. Any day is a good day for apples and honey :)

Interestingly, in a tangent from a conversation I'm having with leora right now, I'm quite impressed that the Kindergarten standards for Social Studies in NYC say that by the end of the year your average Kindergarten student should be able to "identify with his or her ethnic background" and there's something in there about being able to identify and enjoy ones traditional celebrations, food, stories, etc.

Perfectly correct, if you ask me - but I wonder, is this something common to most of the country? Or is it only common to areas like NYC, with high immigration?

Comments

[conuly]

This is when one discreetly lies and claims one has a small family. My mother occasionally brings up that story and wonders aloud why her suggestion of "Just count back three generations and stop, nobody cares" took so long to be heeded.

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

That's very good advice. My family tree ended up being very wide but short, given that neither of my parents could name all four of their grandparents.