The regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, Robert S. Jacobs, wrote a letter criticizing the Seattle Monorail Project - recently under fire for anti-Semitic statements made by one of its board members, Cindi Laws - for holding a board meeting during Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. “The fact is, public bodies such as the SMP Board should be aware of and avoid scheduling meetings on any religion’s major religious holidays. … You just don’t do it,” Jacobs wrote. Fair point: It’s not like the monorail would hold a meeting at 5:30 on Christmas day. However: I hope the ADL sent similar letters to the many other public agencies that are holding public meetings during the holiday, including Sound Transit (two meetings during the holiday) and the Seattle City Council (three meetings during the holiday.)