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...great to be able to at least play one night game a year.” The game was originally scheduled for Friday night, but an outcry from Jewish fans and alums last month prompted the Department of Athletics to move the game so it would not conflict with Yom Kippur. —Brad Hinshelwood contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...
Members of Harvard’s Jewish and Muslim communities broke fasts together Saturday night to celebrate two of the holiest holidays in each religion and to highlight the commonalities between the two faiths. Saturday was the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, and Muslims are observing Ramadan, a month which focuses on charity and religious piety. Both holidays require followers to fast until sundown. Batool Z. Ali ’10, the treasurer of the Harvard Islamic Society, said that organizers hoped the event would provide an opportunity to meet and befriend people...
...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...
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...