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In Judaism, Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh ( ראש חודש ; trans. Beginning of the Month; lit. Head of the Month) is a minor holiday observed at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon. [1] Rosh Chodesh is observed for either one or two days, depending on whether the previous month contained 29 ...
The Hebrew calendar ( Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized : HalLûaḥ HāʿIḇrî ), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of public Torah readings. In Israel, it is used for ...
Shemini Atzeret ( שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת —"Eighth [day of] Assembly") is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei in the Land of Israel, [1] and on the 22nd and 23rd outside the Land, usually coinciding with late September or early October. It directly follows the Jewish festival of ...
The history of Jews in Milwaukee began in the early 1840s with the arrival of Jewish immigrants from German -speaking states and the Austro-Hungarian empire. [1] Throughout the 19th century, Milwaukee was the hub of Wisconsin's Jewish population with 80% of the state's Jews living there. [2] As of 2011, it is home to 25,800 Jewish people, or 78% of Jews in Wisconsin, and is the 42nd largest ...
The School District of Jefferson is a rural school district in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, headquartered in Jefferson. The district covers an area of 94 square miles (240 km 2) including the city of Jefferson, the towns of Aztalan, Farmington, Hebron, Jefferson, Oakland, Concord, Sullivan, and the village of Sullivan.
More than 100 Wisconsin school districts — 1 in 4 — fielded inquiries about books or formal requests to remove them since 2020, according to a Wisconsin Watch review of records obtained from ...
The Appleton Area School District serves 16,281 [5] students in 15 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 high schools and 14 recognized charter schools. The district spends $9,403 per pupil [citation needed] and has 16 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. It has a grades 9-12 dropout rate of 2.1% as of 2016. [6]
Kettle Moraine School District is a school district headquartered in Wales, Wisconsin. [1] The district, mostly in Waukesha County, includes: all of Dousman, almost all of Wales, much of Delafield, a portion of Summit, and a small portion of North Prairie. The Waukesha County portion includes sections of the towns of Genesee and Ottawa. [2]