North Carolina Pride Vow To Solve Yom Kippur Parade Conflict
(JTA) — Organizers of North Carolina’s Pride parade and festival said they would find a solution following complaints from the Jewish community about the event being scheduled for Yom Kippur.
“We’re going to solve that no matter what it takes,” organizer John Short told The Herald-Sun on Thursday. “Exactly how we’ll solve that we don’t know.”
Short said the Durham parade’s volunteer organizing committee had Jewish members but it still had not realized the scheduling conflict. He added that “all the Jewish community will be able to attend” the event.
“We’ll develop a solution that will be able to be carried over in the future,” Short said.
Organizers had apologized for scheduling the parade for Sept. 30 but did not change the date. They said the parade has been held on the last Saturday of September for the past 17 years.
The Jewish community had expressed disappointment and anger at the scheduling of the parade for Yom Kippur.
“It’s another example of our calendar not being respected,” said Adam Organ, executive director of the Raleigh-Cary Jewish Community Center. There are about 15,000 Jewish households in the Raleigh area.
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