Word: yom
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...above-the-field wattage. The lights that now ring the roof of Harvard Stadium will illuminate a football game for the first time, with kickoff set for a fashionably late 7:30 p.m. A 6:44 sunset with allow the Harvard fans observing Yom Kippur to arrive in time for the coin flip with clean slates and empty stomachs...
...night in the Crimson’s home opener at Harvard Stadium.Announced in May, the game was initially scheduled for tonight, but the Department of Athletics moved it to tomorrow night in response to a slew of complaints last month. Most centered on the conflict with the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur and the additional strain a night game would place on the Allston community, where the stadium is located.Whatever the date, the game’s historic appeal remains, marking the first regular-season use of the stadium’s almost year-old lights for regular season football competition.But...
...game has been moved a day later, from the evening Friday, Sept. 21 to Saturday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m., because Jewish alumni and fans complained that the home-opener would conflict with Yom Kippur, one of the holiest holidays in the Jewish faith...
...game remained on a Friday night, it would not have been the first instance of a Crimson football game conflicting with Yom Kippur. In 2004, the game at Brown fell on the holiday. The lone healthy Jewish player on the Crimson at the time, defensive tackle Michael L. Berg ’07, ultimately played in the game...
While the game-date shift placated those upset over the conflict with Yom Kippur, Harvard is still struggling to please neighbors who accuse the University of failing to address community concerns about the night game...