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Greetings!!!!
Well, here we are at the
next portion of our multicultural calander year.
Please peruse and enjoy
the information as well as the informative web sites provided.
These sites do not endorse
any one of these, rather, as always, they are to inform as regards the variety
of cultural celebrations that the population of New Jersey celebrates.
Happy Multiculturing!!!
April 14th
April 20th
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Jewish Passover; a
Jewish festival celebrated each spring to recall the Jew’s deliverance out
of slavery in Egypt in 1300 BC. It is a celebration of freedom. The first
two nights of Passover a traditional Sedar Meal is eaten and story is retold
and passed down from generation to generation. This is an eight day
celebration during which no bread or leavened food is eaten.
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http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/passover/index.html
http://www.grandparentsmagazine.net/MiniSites/Passover/passoversongs.htm
April 22nd
April 23rd
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St. Georges Day; is
the patron saint of England he is known for his martial valor and
selflessness.
April 27th
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Easter (Orthodox); the
Orthodox Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, his return from
death after the crucifixion. It is considered to be the most important
Christian festival.
May 2008
Asian American Heritage
Month
http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/history_heritage/archives/salinas_apa_month_activities.asp
May 8th
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Israel Independence
Day (Yom HaAtzmaut); celebrates the day on which modern Israel became an
independent state – May 14th, 1948.
May 11th
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Mother’s Day; in 1872,
Julia Ward Howe (author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic) suggested this
day be dedicated to peace. Mother’s Day meetings were held yearly in Boston
Massachusetts on this day. In 1907 Ana Jarvis began a campaign to establish
a National Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May. It took four years and
in 1911 it was proclaimed a national holiday. Countries celebrating Mother’s
Day are the USA, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia and Belgium.
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http://www.dltk-holidays.com/mom/index.html
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http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/mothers-day/index.html
May 26th
Memorial Day (USA); was first observed in 1868 to honor the dead of the Civil
War. It has come to include lives lost in all the wars.
June 2008
June is Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Pride Month
June 9th
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Shavuot; observed by
the Jewish to celebrate the giving of the Torah, God’s gift to the Jewish
people, which is a guide for how to live in this world. It occurs seven
weeks after Passover.
June 14th
June 15th
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Father’s Day (USA);
the idea for creating a day for children to honor their father began in
Spokane, Washington. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for
Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Having been
raised by her father, after her mother’s death, she wanted her father to
know how special he was to her. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she
chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on
the 19th of June, 1910. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a
permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the third
Sunday.
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/fathersday/
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June 18
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