My younger brother Bill Glauber wrote a phenomenal story in today's Milwaukee Journal.
Bill covers all sorts of different, off-beat stories, and he came up with a doozie on this one. He discovered that there are some orthodox Jews who attend Packers games and have tailgate parties that not only include kosher food, but regular daily prayers.
Here's a snippet of the story:
If you're going to have a kosher tailgate at Lambeau Field, you might as well go all the way.
That means you light up the coals of the kosher grill and bring out the kosher hot dogs, beef, chicken and brats.
And you recite morning prayers in Hebrew, even if a rock band is on a nearby stage blaring "Brown Sugar."
So Sunday, Rabbi Shais Taub of the Chabad Lubavitch of Wisconsin led a group of 10 Orthodox Jews on a pilgrimage from Milwaukee deep into Packerland.
They tailgated across the street from Lambeau, in a grass-covered parking lot, next door to Kroll's West, where butter burgers - definitely not kosher - are a specialty.
And they prayed, with some of the men and their sons donning a prayer shawl called a tallit and phylacteries, two small leather boxes containing verses of Scripture.
They stood out amid the familiar green-and-gold sea. And they showed that people can find or express their faith at a house of worship or a house of sports.
Not quite what you'd expect from a Packers' game, but Bill certainly has a knack for finding the unusual.
(btw, Bill is the real journalist of the family. I get to cover men playing games, but Bill covers the real world. That includes several stints in Iraq, where he was nearly killed. He and his wife and three boys live outside Chicago.)
Comments (2)
What's next? Senecas at a 'Skins game in native garb?
Mother Teresa taking in a Saints game?
Actually, big deal, it happens every home game in Dallas. :-)
Seriously, that's a great article Bob, Kudos to your brother. Now we know who got the talent in your family. j/k
That was an awesome article, which I could really appreciate as an orthodox jew working as a reporter. I actually e-mailed it to all my friends.