It could be that the churchgoers are afraid that somebody might ask *them* to work on a Sunday someday. Having libraries be closed on Sunday looks like "religious accommodation" to me! But people don't often see it that way because a Christian point of view is such an automatic part of the cultural background in so many environments. Kim S, Wellesley College Library who once lost a public-library job offer because of Shabbat conflict
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:47 AM, ALBA TOSCANO <lajav...@lajavura.org> wrote: > ** > Beth Wong wrote: > > I am shomer Shabbat and I work public.In 2012, the library system reopened > regionals on Sundays.... now the churchgoers are angry, and supervisors > make a point of telling me about how no one is offered religious > accommodation and I should remember how unfair that is to them. > > Just out of curiosity: Why are the churchgoers angry? Is it they don't > like the library being open at all on Sundays or because they have to work > Saturday to make up for the Sundays that you work so that they can go to > church? Or...? > > Besos de Valencia > Alba > > ******************** > Alba Toscano, presª > Sinagoga conservador *La Javurá* > calle Uruguay 59, pta 13 > 46007 Valencia (España) > email: lajav...@lajavura.org > tlf 963 802 129 > móvil 658 721 769* * > UStream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/la-javura-on-line > Webpage: http://www.lajavura.org > Skype: albatoscanovalencia > Blog de Bitacora de los Viajes con *La > Javurá*<http://bitacoralajavura.posterous.com/> > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > >
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