[etni] fw: Just Wondering
- From: "David Lloyd" <david@xxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:25:20 +0200
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From: Avraham Roos <avrahamroos@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Just Wondering
18 Tevet 5767
Dear Eva, Adele and anyone else
Concerning the question of how to present the idea of celebrating New Year:
what I usually do is present the students with the following text and let
THEM decide:
http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/NewYearsHistory.htm
Quite informative.
I personally do not see any logic in HAVING to celebrate a holiday just
because all the world does it (by the way, the Chinese for all I know, also
celebrate a different date). It is true that we use the Georgian dates but
why celebrate? I USE Eged buses but have never considered celebrating the
date Eged was established. Does that make me a hypocrit?!
The fact that so many of us do not know the Hebrew date is, though true,
more something we should be ashamed of rather than a reason to diminish its
importance.
I also totally disagree that celebrating New Year unites us with the rest of
the world. In what way does it unite us? Do THEY feel closer to us because
we celebrate it or do YOU feel closer to THEM? I have the feeling the latter
is the case. If so, let's celebrate Christmas as well. And how about
Thanksgiving? By the way, why keep that ancient confusing Hebrew alphabet?
Let's start using Latin letters ,something already suggested by Itamar Ben
Avi, son of Eliezer Ben Yehuda the founder of the modern Hebrew language!
And let's try in every other way to imitate the "world" (or do we mean
America here?) so that we can feel closer to them.
(Sorry for the tirade, but you have hit on a sensitive spot for me ;)
Avraham Roos
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