By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler There's an email rumor spreading around the Jewish community that the Boston Red Sox, at the initiative of young Jewish General Manager Theo Epstein, had moved opening day to acccomodate Passover. Snopes has a big thread on it. Maybe you've gotten this email? It looks like this: RED SOX GENERAL MANAGER-THEO EPSTEIN ANNOUNCED THAT THE BOSTON RED SOX HOME OPENER WILL BE POSTPONED TO APRIL 14TH..TO AVOID THE 10 DAYS OF PASSOVER. HE NOTED, BECAUSE 3 OF HIS STARTERS WERE JEWISH AS WERE HIS BOX SEAT HOLDERS, HE WAS FORCED TO MAKE THIS CHANGE IN SCHEDULING.  THE GOYIM (non-Jews) IN BOSTON ARE ENRAGED AT EPSTEIN'S DECISION. PROTESTS ARE BEING TENDERED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL'S OFFICE IN P ROTEST...HOWEVER, BUD SELIG-COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE PROTESTS --MAINLY DUE TO A SCHEDULING PROBLEM...CAUSED BY THE FAMILY SEDERS HE AND...

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