NEW YORK — As suggested by many a critic of the NFL schedule that put the New York Jets' fans at a disadvantage if they wanted to be observant Jews, the league has pushed up the start-time for the team's second home game.
The game will be played at 1 pm EDT rather than 4:15 pm on Sunday September 27th. Yom Kippur, the holiest of days in the Jewish calendar begins at sundown that day.
Jets Change Schedule to Accommodate Jews
NEW YORK — As suggested by many a critic of the NFL schedule that put the New York Jets’ fans at a disadvantage if they wanted to be observant Jews, the league has pushed up the start-time for the team’s second home game.
The game will be played at 1 pm EDT rather than 4:15 pm on Sunday September 27th. Yom Kippur, the holiest of days in the Jewish calendar begins at sundown that day.
It is traditional for the Jets and the New York Giants to have their schedules adjusted to be certain that their fans in the metropolitan area with the largest Jewish population in the United States can get bang for their season ticket bucks.
(By Paula Duffy, a sports writer for the National Examiner.)
Katchie
omg! this is amazing!!!!! :)
mendel
R”L!! who would go to a football game a few hrs before yom hakadosh!?!?!?!
Katchie, what is amazing about this!?!?!
Yehuda
How does one have time to watch a football game let alone go to one on Erev Yom Kippur?
Dovie
Yehuda and Mendel: Its good for people who are less religious than you, and we are supposed to care about them too!
Cee
It’s also good because those yidden will not be m’chalal yom kippur!!! stop thinking in such negative terms