SubscribeSpeaking of Yom Kippur…
I see where Chicago’s Wrigley Field will be the site of a couple of rock concerts during Yom Kippur. Oy.
According to a story in the Chicago Sun-Times:
The Cubs got the go-ahead [yesterday] to hold a nighttime concert at Wrigley Field on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, but they’ll bend over backwards to minimize conflict.
Mike Lufrano, Cubs senior vice-president of community affairs, said the time of the Saturday, Sept. 18 concert — by either the Dave Matthews Band, Paul McCartney or Phish — will be pushed back until after sundown, when Yom Kippur ends….
Because the Sept. 17 concert coincides with Kol Nidre, the start of Yom Kippur, the Cubs have reached out to all three synagogues in the area: Anshe Emet, Anshe Sholom, and Temple Sholom.
“It’s really parking that they’re most concerned about. You won’t hear it because they’re far enough away. But, it’s fans coming to hear the concert at the same time people are going to worship,” said [Mike] Lufrano, [Cubs senior vice-president of community affairs], who is Jewish and plans to miss his first Wrigley concert to celebrate the holiday.
Messy, messy, messy.
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