From now on, along with Yom Kippur, Thanksgiving and “Winter Recess,” kids and teachers will have Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha off.
This week, the Philadelphia School District announced that it’s adding two new holidays to its calendar. Eid al-Fitr, the “Festival of the Breaking of the Fast” that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha, the “Festival of Sacrifice” commemorating Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son at God’s behest, will join such longstanding days off as Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, and Winter and Spring Recess, a.k.a. Christmas and Easter in disguise.
