In the public school system, May is designated as Jewish heritage month. I'm not sure why May is chosen since what other major Jewish holiday occurs during May besides Shavuot?
I'm reminded of a conversation I had several years ago with my mentor who was discussing how Jewish heritage month was during May and I mentioned how Shavuot was the only major holiday I could think of that takes place during this month. When we were working with students together and the students were working too slow, he would often say, "C'mon, before Christmas!" After we had this conversation, he then started saying to the kids, "Before Shavuot", which of course, the kids didn't understand, but that really cracked me up
But aside from this, what are we complaining about? If we didn't have a month designated for Jewish heritage, then many of us would complain that we're not being treated fairly by having our own month to celebrate our heritage the same way that blacks, latinos, women, asains, etc. have their months. But now we're complaining that we DO get a Jewish heritage month? Do we just enjoy complaining no matter what?