This occurred to me Thursday night’s Basha-Westwood tilt, so I’ll throw it out there in the interest of inciting intellignet, tasteful discourse:Most of the 5A and 4A schools played last Thursday night because of the Jewish High Holiday called Yom Kippur. Both schools (and most others in the E.V.) had school Friday. Many practiced Friday.Should everyone have played on Friday instead?Games last until nearly 10 p.m., and many schools have significant bus rides back home. Crowds are thinner, and kids are expected to be back in class at 7 a.m. the next morning.Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana are the two holiest days of the year. For those of Jewish faith, they should have every right to decide for themselves whether to play, in this case, on Friday night (the Holidays fall on different days of the week each year), or not.Shouldn’t schools which deem themselves as having a significant Jewish population be allowed to decide for themselves whether to play a day earlier (or later)? Shouldn’t schools with minimal Jewish populations decide for themselves?No doubt a handful of students (at least) per school could potentially miss a game (though not regularly since the holidays rarely fall on a Friday night). But the vast majority of schools are unaffected by these holidays.Should religion alter the schedule?
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