One consideration in scheduling the convention before the last week in June might have been not to have the convention fall during the Three Weeks between the Fast of the 17th of Tamuz and the Fast of Tishah B'Av, which many Jews observe as a period of semi-mourning.
In Denver we barely made it. I think the Three Weeks started the Wednesday night after the convention, and the fast was the next day (or maybe the Three Weeks started the Thursday night). That is one reason I decided not to sign up for the Rocky Mountain tour that year. -Stanley Nachamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
