Reply To: Memorial Day: Close the Yeshivas?

Many commenters have made an important point: Memorial Day has lost its meaning as a day to remember the soldiers who died, and focused more on potato salad.

And I think akuperma made a mistake when he said Memorial Day began as a memorial to dead Union soldiers. I believe it honored all Civil War soldiers, Union and Confederate.

And some commenters believe that frum Jews do only 3 things: Eat, sleep and learn. No one limits him/herself to that. Otherwise, among other things, the frum community would not be growing.