The listing obviously does not have to do with the importance of Jewish holidays, as Hanukkah is a minor Jewish holiday. Passover, Hanukkah and Yom Kippur are the three most observed of all Jewish Holidays, most probably due to basic understood observances attached with each of those three; eating matzah and not eating bread on Passover, lighting a menorah on Hanukkah, and fasting on Yom Kippur. Other holidays don’t necessarily have as easily understood observances, and as such are not as familiar to many unaffiliated Jews.

I would imagine that it would be unfair to list all holidays of all religions, because then the list would be way too long. A line had to be drawn somewhere, and the line for Judaism was drawn at three. I imagine that to ask a question about an unlisted holiday, one would put it in the Other – Holidays section within Holidays.

I think perhaps YA chose the most well known of the holidays. Islam, for example, only has one – Ramadan.

So if all religions wanted all their holidays, the holidays section list will probably be longer than the number of questions!

True, weighing such as Easter, Rosh Hashana is important and can be attached to Yom Kippur
But this Succot, which begins tomorrow
Perhaps a category like Jewish holidays?

Jag Sameaj Succot!

Poison from Argentina

Because to the country these are the three important ones.Which is why only three (I think) are on the Christian calender. So yahoo puts up what they know. All the other Jewish holidays go in Other Holidays

never thought of that. they might just put a question relating to other holidays in these catagories.

Well, only one Muslim holiday. Two Christian…not sure about all the others, some are just non-religious.

Not so bad, if you ask me.

Probably because no one has made a fuss about it and raised hell to change it, you know how things have to be changed, so get on Oprah, write a book, get on Larry King, just a few idea’s??

Most likely because they had many questions about those three holidays and therefore those are the ones that got chosen. It probably would have been better to have an overall Judaism category.

because this is an american site and americans are generally unaccompanying or ignorant to judiasm.

Honestly, I think even having just one Jewish holidays category would be better than narrowing it down to just those three – I suppose they were the ones that got the most questions, so that’s what Yahoo decided. It’s a shame, because I would be glad to help answer other Jewish holiday questions, but the general category is so loaded up with questions about birthdays and mother’s day and such, that I don’t have the time to go wading through it all. I imagine a lot of holiday questions slip through the cracks because of it. Most people just post those questions in RS instead, so I think (I hope) it works out.