Watching the local news last night and they were talking to my local congressman. At the end of the segment they said that my congressman was away from Washinton because of the "Rosh Shohana" (or something like that) holiday. My congressman isn't Muslim.
I know Congress takes off for Christmas and Easter (I think they now have different names for those breaks now; must be politically correct) but does Congress now take off for Muslim holidays?
2007-09-14 01:03:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Well, heck if this holiday is Jewish when did they start taking time off for that? How much time do these need away from Washington? I get 9 holidays a year (don't get MLK Day, Columbus Day (opps, I mean Discoverer's Day) or President's Day!
2007-09-14 02:19:57 · update #1
rosh hoshana is a jewish holiday.now they take a "winter solstice" .
2007-09-14 01:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Congress does not celebrate any religious holidays (First Amendment/Separation of Church and State), but it typically does not transact substantive business when large numbers of members are out of town. Religious holidays, particularly Christian ones, often result in people going home to be with their families.
If you think that Rosh Hashanah is a Muslim holiday, then you are way out of touch with reality. It's the Jewish New Year. And there are many people of the Jewish faith in Congress, so it makes sense and is simple courtesy not to transact business during these High Holy Days. Just as Congress does not ordinarily issue a quorum call on a Sunday morning.
If you were elected to Congress, maybe Congress would start closing for Troll Holidays, though I would hope that you could never find a Congressional District vapid enough to send you to Washington. But one never knows, do one?
2007-09-14 01:21:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rosh HaShana is Jewish New Year.
Yom Kippur is next weekend. They are together considered the High Holy holidays, the most important days in the Jewish year (kind of like Easter on the Christian calender).
They are not Federal Holidays, though they are school holidays in some districts.
The City of New York suspends alternate side parking for them, as well as for the major Muslim holidays, even though they aren't Federally recognized.
Reply:
I'm sure they don't all take it off. It sounds like your congressman had a long weekend (the holiday was Thursday). Don't worry. Yom Kippur is on Saturday next weekend, so it probably won't interfere with his schedule.
If he had worked, it would be like you working on Christmas Day. You'd probably take the weekend, too.
2007-09-14 01:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by nicolemcg 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday, not Muslim. This year it coincides with Ramadan, the Muslim holiday.
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan
2007-09-14 01:12:12 · answer #4 · answered by nobody 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LOL!!! Rosh Hashana is a Jewish holiday.
2007-09-14 01:13:08 · answer #5 · answered by TJTB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you think a Republican controlled country would allow such a thing. Republicans are well known for being racists, bigots, sexists, Islam-haters. Maybe when pigs fly.
2007-09-14 01:11:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I hope not. They get little enough done as it is.
We have no Islamic tradition in this country and I for one want to keep it that way.
2007-09-14 01:10:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It should
2007-09-14 01:38:30 · answer #8 · answered by Rana 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋