Happy New Year to those who celebrate Rosh Hashanah!

[MichaelCorfman]

My kids are certainly celebrating it in the sense that all of the public schools in our area are closed for the day.

Michael

[bigbcasinos]

I feel it's important to keep track of the Jewish holidays. So many of our Affiliate Program Managers are Jewish, or work for Jewish owners, that this understanding is crucial if you are hoping to get some urgent creatives, an answer to a query, and other similar things.

It also pays to make a note of the various cultures "weekends". In this regard, I must take a few of the Affiliate Managers to task for phoning me on a Sunday, sometimes well into the evening. Not a good thing where for example, South Africa has the very Western style of working Monday to Friday, shopping, playing sport, and so forth on Saturday, and then resting up on Sunday.

This is a very functional approach to culture and is NOT intended as a religeous post. I must add though that sending a timely e-mail to your favorite affiliate manager, wishing him well at a time that means something to him, certainly does go a long way in establishing a good relationship. Sure, you don't need to do it, and you should expect top service with or without such an e-mail, but being human, your attention to the affiliate manager's world will generally result in some type of reciprocal interest in your world.

Hope Rosh Hashanah went down well for those who celebrate it. Happy new year to you all.

[allstar]

Happy Rosh Hashanah!




Marlene

[matted]

Being brought up in a Jewish family, I can tell you there isn't a whole lot to be concerned about.

For one, the Sabbath (the day of rest) is observed on Saturday. In the US, we observe it sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday. Not sure how folks in Israel or other parts of the world observe.

With the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) you enter the high holy days. It runs for 10 days until Yom Kippur - the day of atonement (the most important of Jewish holidays, so I understand).

There are other holidays and such... but I dont think they are the kind of thing where you spend all day in the synagogue. Passover and Hannukah are the other weeklong observances to consider.

(My apologies if I missed something or misexplained)

[aksana]

Happy New Year to those who celebrate this holiday!