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...
