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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay. So, you are Jewish and you were invited to a birthday party on Yom Kippur. You know you can't attend, so why haven't you RSVP'd?! We accidentally scheduled DC's party on Yom Kippur this year and would change it except it's the only date that works all month and the grandparents have already booked tickets and hotels. We invited 8 kids and haven't heard back from five, four of whom are Jewish. Are you so completely offended that I made this innocent mistake that you refuse to RSVP? Also, I didn't know two of the families were Jewish until this incident--they go to our church-based preschool, never mentioned temple, seemed very into the Christmas celebration at school, and even came to the Easter service.

Incidentally, we saw two of the families last week in person, and I mentioned to both that I was sorry to have scheduled the party on the holiday--didn't realize it was so early this year, etc. They both said they were pretty sure they would come and it wasn't a big deal, but they need to figure out when they're going to Temple. They still haven't RSVPd, and I can't tell if they were just trying to be polite when they said it wasn't a big deal.

You can be sure we will never make the mistake again![/quote]

I wonder if they haven't rsvp'ed because the parents can't agree. Both DH and I are Jewish, but he grew up more observant than I did. I can imagine him saying that DC can't go because it's Yom Kippur and me saying But the party is after the kids' service we're going to, and not rsvp'ing because we can't decide.[/quote]

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