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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Larla sure gets around.  And now she's Jewish too!.

I think it is a huge gaffe on the part of the parents.  And it really can't be compared to Easter (a day of celebration). Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the year.  You are supposed to be fasting, praying and repenting.  Even I, dumb Shiksa know that.  It might be akin to scheduling a party on Good Friday for Catholics and the Orthodox.[/quote]

Cradle Catholic here -- Easter IS the holiest day of the year for Catholics.  [/quote]

Another cradle Catholic here and I suspect the other poster's analogy was meant to address the somber nature of both Good Friday and Yom Kippur (plus the fasting aspect, I guess, although our Catholic fasts are pretty wimpy compared to other religions' fasts!).  Ultimately, there is not going to be perfect analogy because each religion and each holy day is different.

I've been thinking about this one, and I have a few non-religious friends who I genuinely would not be surprised if they didn't know when Easter was in a given year.  So I really doubt they know when Yom Kippur is, since it's not preceded by two months of chocolate bunnies on display at Giant.  [/quote]

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