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Autumn Saturdays are a big deal for families in America; I guess one could say pee-wee soccer is practically a religion. But if you’re shomer Shabbos, your kids will never don “Earl’s Hardware” polyester jerseys and dribble down the field with the rest of the team.
To have to choose between shul and soccer could be one of the travesties of American Judaism. In Portland, Oregon, however, one group of observant Jews is thinking outside the box. Rather than relegate their kids to the sidelines, these parents appealed to the local league and got the games scheduled for Sundays. (Which I suppose means they can only play against non-observant Christians, but there’s more of them than there are of us.)
In related self-referencing, if my kids play soccer and I drive them to games on Saturdays in my beige minivan, does that mean I’ve become…a goy?
Shabbat Shalom, y’all and I do mean ‘all’. Thanks for your eye time, catch you next week.
…You speak of religious observance for jews as if families must follow it in order to be observant & that’s bunk! You choose to observe whatever customs you want.
I live in a very Jewish area – largely Orthodox & Hasidic. If you talk to them they’ll tell you that even without observance of Shabbas it is always a way of assuring that the family has a day they can spend together without any outside interruptions.
Why do you assume that the families observing Shabbas are doing so for religious reasons?
Sorry, Denise, but I don’t know why you would infer that I, of all people, have inflexible ideas about what it means to be Jewish.
However, in order to be an “observant Jew,” one must actually observe the halachic law. I’m sure the Hasidic families where you live would not consider observing “whatever customs you want” the same as being Orthodox.