LEWISTON — The Lewiston School Committee voted unanimously to add the Jewish holidays Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 7) and Yom Kippur (Sept. 16) to the district’s calendar as days off, with those days to be added at the end of the year.

The committee earlier this school year voted to add two Muslim celebrations to the holiday calendar.

In making the motion, member Kiernan Majerus-Collins said these holidays are the two most sacred for the Jewish community, which has for most of history been a minority around the world.

“This will allow the rest of the students to see that Judaism is a religion worthy of respect,” he said.