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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am trying to schedule a meeting for September 2017 and the only dates available seem to be 9/28-9/29 in terms of budget and space.  Yom Kippur begins at Sundown on 9/29 and our meeting wraps up by noon on 9/29.  Attendees (not sure how many are Jewish) may have to drive 3-4 hours or fly back home to DC.  Is it appropriate to have the meeting on these dates?[/quote]
A religious Jew would not attend if they can't be home by sundown on the 29th. [/quote]

Even non-Orthodox often take off the afternoon in order to prepare for the holiday, including eating a big meal before the fasting begins just before sundown.

Candle-lighting time is 6:34 pm that day in DC, and synagogue services (major one where you have to go early to get a seat) starts about an hour before that. So ballpark, Jews need to be showered, fed, unpacked, laundry done, kids taken care of - everything they need done until late Saturday night - by 4:30 pm. So it's technically possibly to drive 3-4 hours before this IF there is no traffic but this is one time of year people don't want to cut it close. Nobody is going to try to fly anywhere right before Yom Kippur.

I'm not orthodox but this would be a big problem for me. [/quote]

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