God vs. Bama: Jewish temple throws penalty flag on football talk during Yom Kippur
By Greg Garrison | ggarrison@al.com
Published September 05, 2013, 02:37:36 PM
(http://media.al.com/living_impact/photo/temple-emanu-eljpg-d53f6c589d4f8503.jpg)The largest synagogue in Birmingham has thrown a penalty flag on any talk of football during Yom Kippur, the last day of the Jewish High Holy Days on Sept. 14.
Temple Emanu-El posted in a hand-out bulletin distributed at Rosh Hashanah services Wednesday night and Thursday morning that football should not be discussed at the synagogue.
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