Anyone know why BCEFA picked Sunday, Sept. 24 as the date for the flea market? Did they realize it was the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish High Holiday? I'm sure many of the people who usually go won't be able to make it....I sure won't. Too bad...
NOOOOO! Can this be true? I was looking forward to it so much. Hopefully, they'll come to their senses and change the date so that everyone can attend this wonderful event.
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I missed my prom, and many other events due to them being on, as my friends call them "JewDays". But to be fair, so many other events are planned on holidays of other cultures and religions. It's not just Jews. You can't please all the people all of the time.
Good thing I couldn't have gone anyway. I hate it when things are planned on big Jewish holidays. I was once in a show at camp scheduled for a fast day, and I had to be switched out.
Aww. Hopefully they'll change it for the people unable to make it.
I just have to be home for dinner, so I can be there for a couple hours.
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"I certainly took into account the dates of the Jewish holidays, as we do every year, since both Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur move from year to year .
After checking with several Jewish friends, the agreement was that avoiding Yom Kippur, as the most solemn Holiday on Monday, October 2 was a must. - with scheduling the Flea Market for even the day before Sunday, October 1 not a good idea.
Rosh Hashana begins, as you know, at sundown on Friday, the 22nd, and I was advised that only the most observant Jews (who would more than likely not attend the Flea Market in any event) would observe the full second day of Rosh Hashana, making Sunday, September 24th acceptable. I guess I didn't ask the right Jews.
Sunday, September 10th is out as that is BROADWAY ON BROADWAY and while it might seem an interesting idea to do both on the same day - so many people in Times Sqaure and all, logistically it would be a nightmare and the city would never allow us to close W.44th Street with all of the "bow-tie" also shut down to traffic. And as the 10th would be, the 17th is simply too early for us to get everything done that we have to do before the event.
The second dilemma was that the BC/EFA fiscal year ends on September 30th. The Flea Market has to be produced and booked before that day. October 1 beings FY 2006. "
"I was advised that only the most observant Jews (who would more than likely not attend the Flea Market in any event) would observe the full second day of Rosh Hashana"
Why would the most observant Jews not attend the Flea Market in any event?
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Well i didn't take issue with anything in this thread until:
"I was advised that only the most observant Jews (who would more than likely not attend the Flea Market in any event) would observe the full second day of Rosh Hashana"
Why would they not be likely to attend in any event. I am an observant Jew and if I lived in NY I would be there in a second (on a year that it didn't coincide with Rosh Hashanah)
I really feel for anyone who is Jewish, but the flea market last year fell on Sun. Sept. 25th. Is the 25th a sacred day too for Jews?
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Whu are there so many threads about this? It is held at the same time each year. This year it happens to be on the same day as a Jewish "holy day". That's just the way it is. It is a secular event and if they had to check with each and every religion/cult to see if there was a "holy day", the event would never happen.
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I'm with Akiva, if that was the only weekend BCEFA could hold the flea market, it stinks for Jews who celebrate the holiday, but its understandable, but after this response.
After checking with several Jewish friends, the agreement was that avoiding Yom Kippur, as the most solemn Holiday on Monday, October 2 was a must. - with scheduling the Flea Market for even the day before Sunday, October 1 not a good idea.
That was pure bad judgement and it really angers me that the person went on the judgement of a few friends. If only the most observant Jews go to shul on Rosh Hashanah, why do so many synagogues (especially conservative and reform) have to rent out alternate locations so that they can house their entire congrigation which usually fits fine in their buildings? Also, the holiday starts at sundown, the flea market would be over by the time Yom Kippur started. There would be no conflict.
The date of Rosh Hashanah changes every year and can be anywhere from September to October. The flea market is the 3rd Sunday of September every year. Why should they have changed their rather-regularly-scheduled date because this year, a holiday happens to start 2 days before?
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