If I were an idiot savant, I’d tell you when Rosh Hashanah and Talk Like a Pirate Day will coincide again. But I’m not, so I won’t. But I will suggest that this rare event may be a good time to place your advance order for the book Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom–and Revenge, due for release November 3. Yes, apparently there were Jewish pirates, including Jean Lafitte (aka The Buccaneer). For some reason this fact was overlooked in the 1958 film The Buccaneer starring Yul Brenner. Other holidays remaining this month include the rest of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which continues through October 15. Strangely, in spite of the GOP’s apparent disdain for Hispanics themselves, they like the culture; the observance was initiated by Ronald Reagan, of all people. Also in September we have Native American Day, which we as we pointed out previously sort of supercedes “Citizenship Day” on the 17th somehow. And on September 27 we have Yom Kippur, on which all the Jewish pirates will presumably atone for their wrongs.