| Date | Time | Event |
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| Sat. 7/24 | All day | Shabbat Nachamu |
| Sat. 7/31 | All day |
American Dreamer Book Quiz Deactivates
Deadline to take the American Dreamer Book Quiz for your chance at a free signed copy is July 31st!! To take the quiz, just follow the "Book News" tab. |
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Sun. 8/1
| All day |
American Dreamer Book Quiz Answers Posted
The answers to the American Dreamer Book Quiz will be posted from August 1st-8th on the OFFICIAL FAN PAGE for the book on facebook. To visit the fan page, just follow this link:
http://www.facebook.com/TheOFFICIALFanPageAMERICANDREAMERBOOK |
| Fri. 8/6 | All day | Transfiguration |
| Mon. 8/9 | All day | WINNERS OF A FREE SIGNED COPY ARE ANNOUNCED Those who've been keeping up with the book, took the American Dreamer Book Quiz, and scored a perfect score were chosen to receive a free autographed copy of the book, American Dreamer. To see the names of the winners, just follow this link: htt... more |
| Tue. 8/10 | All day | Rosh Chodesh Elul |
| Wed. 8/11 | All day | Ramadan The ninth month of the Moslem calendar. Commemorates the month in which the Koran was revealed to Mohammed. Observance involves prayer and abstention from food, drink, smoking, and sex, from sunrise to sundown. After sundown brings party time. The first day of Ramadan is a holiday in many Islamic countries. |
| All day | Rosh Chodesh Elul | |
| Sun. 8/15 | All day | Assumption Day |
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Wed. 9/1
| All day |
30 DAYS OF INTENSE WRITING
The goal of my 30 Days of Intense Writing initiative is to have my book complete by the end of this month/beginning of next month. The countdown begins!! |
| Mon. 9/6 | All day | Labor Day |
| All day | Laitaltul-Qadr (Laylat Al-Qadr) Laylat Al-Qadr ("the night of power.") falls on one of the last ten days of Ramadan on an odd numbered day (such as the twenty-third, twenty-fifth or twenty-seventh), In the Qur'an this night is said to be equal to one thousand months and on this night the prayers of the sincere Muslim are certain to be answered. | |
| Wed. 9/8 | All day | Erev Rosh Hashana |
| Thu. 9/9 | All day | New Year |
| All day | Rosh Hashana 5771 | |
| Fri. 9/10 | All day | New Year |
| All day | Eidul-Fitr (Eid al-Fitr) Just as festivity becomes the atmosphere when the fast is broken each day at sunset, happiness becomes doublefold when the month of fasting is finally completed and the Eid Al-Fitr is celebrated. The most elaborate dishes are served at large banquets to which relatives and friends are invited. These colorful celebrations are the climax of the sense of fullfiliment characterizing,a month of fasting and hardships, increasing the bonds of connectedness among humankind and between humankind and God. | |
| All day | Rosh Hashana II | |
| Sat. 9/11 | All day | Patriot Day |
| All day | Shabbat Shuva |