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Very interesting! I vote for October -- that's the month with the majority of Jewish holidays and makes perfect sense for education purposes! —Marsha Sutton, Del Mar, California

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My two cents: September.  It is the start of a school year and may finally help non-Jews understand the importance for Jews of the High Holidays, which usually fall at the end of September. 
—Mitchell J. Freedman, Poway, California

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April would be good.  —Joyce Camiel, San Diego

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I agree with Marsha Sutton  in liking October, since the many holidays would make perfect opportunities for teachers to say “Today is Yom Kippur—and others—Remember class, it’s Jewish history month.” Though November is a good choice too, since I agree that people would find it likely to remember precisely because of November 9—and remembering is what the month is all about! And November is nicely book-ended between two holiday months…Making it even more special.
— Jennifer Redmond, San Diego

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I think that the Hebrew month with Rosh Hashona, Yom Kippur, Succot, etc. should be designated as Jewish Heritage Month. This would seem to be the most logical choice.  Having said that, I applaud the efforts to get a Jewish month on the calendar, but I cannot see it happening in my lifetime 
—Ralph Barnes, San Diego

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 I think Pesach, the first recorded history of a people raising up for freedom is appropriate.
—Ernest Addleson, San Diego

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I strongly believe that there should not be a Jewish History month.  I  would work against it and I know that if Dick ever heard about this he would also.  —Sue Braun, San Diego

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Although I am not sure that all these 'months' Black, Women, Episcopalians, Mormons, etc are a good idea.  Then we would have to split to Sephardic, Ashkenazi, Ethiopian Jewish weeks or Orthodox (they wouldn't
care), Reform, Humanist, Conservative. Oy vey. But if I must choose, I would prefer November.  Your arguments about the Holocaust I think are most persuasive.  I have been ruminating about how little the average Jew knows about the cyclical nature of Jewish suffering. Joel Moskowitz, M.D., La Jolla, Calif.

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I suggest that Sept. should be the month for Jewish History as the high
holidays most often fall in Sept.  —Sue Engelman, San Diego

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To me the most important month is April.  It seems to me that Pesach is considered the beginning of the Jewish Nation with our freedom from Egyptian bondage.  The latter is the reason that the first day of the new Jewish year coincides with the exit from Egypt.  Although Rosh Hashana is considered the beginning of G-d creating the world, the first month of the Jewish calender begins on the first day of  Pesach.  herefore, since it is the first month (usually April on regular calenders) that we Jews existed as a nation it should be honored as such, i.e. Jewish Awareness Month.—Gerry Greber, Carlsbad, Calif.