The Dade County School Board has instructed school heads to give full recognition to major Jewish holidays and the Sabbath in mapping various school events and to excuse Jewish students from classes and other activities at those times. “No issue should be made of the possible absences of these students on Jewish holidays,” the directive said.
The action was the result of representations made by the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami which released a Jewish calendar through Rabbi Irving Lehrman, chairman of its religion and school committee, and Rabbi Solomon Schiff, executive vice president. The calendar gives precise information on the holidays and their observance by the three branches of Judaism. It has been distributed to teachers and principals throughout the Dade County school system, to the Broward and Monroe County school systems and to the University of Miami and Miami-Dade Junior College.
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