Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
So what would one say, to acknowledge the holiday appropriately? Have a blessed Yom Kippur? Or what? There's a large percentage of Jewish people in Newton and Brookline in particular, so it would be good to know what the right thing to say is, should the occasion arise.
I guess - why do you feel you have to say anything regarding the holiday?

(BTW...We know how "politically correct" goes - it is the other guy who is fussing about politically correctness. Happy Holidays anyone? You might want to ask Bill O'Reilly why that makes him angry. )

The root word of "holiday" is holy day. Not all holidays are happy days. If you have to say something - what's wrong with "I'll be thinking of you on your holiday"?