Charlie Hall; I don’t have a First Person story to tell but I’ve heard and read many cases of talented young people who risked promising careers for the sake of observing the Jewish Religion. They stood their ground and stuck to principle and in the end they had both, their career and did not have to compromise their religious belief. The most outstanding case that comes to mind is that of the young Hockey player from Montreal, Canada by the name of Melnick, who was so good in high school that the Major League Hockey team the Montreal Canadiens (Not a spelling error. This is the way they spell it.) wanted to give him a spot on their team. But most of their practice sessions were on Shabbos. The young player stood his ground (By not attending the practice on Shabbos) thereby risking the team dropping him. And after a while the team worked out a deal where he would not have to attend. Whoever lives or has in the past lived in Canada knows what Hockey means to Canadians. The passion that surrounds it is like major league baseball and NFL football at playoff time combined.
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