Shmuley Boteach at the US Open
Toward the end of the first of two matches last night at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Shmuley Boteach and his wife passed through my row, and took the seats next to me and my wife. While the seats were near center court, they were in Row Y of the upper level, with Row Z the highest row in the stadium. Reb Shmuley was taken aback by how bad the seats were, remarking (accurately) that he could see the Empire State Building from his seat.
I thought about talking with Shmuley about Michael Moore, but decided to hold off because (i) it's considered rude to talk while a tennis match is proceeding and (ii) I figured the guy and his wife wanted a night out alone, not a discussion with one of a handful of other frum people in the crowd of over 23,000 who happened to sit right next to him. I was going to say hello during the break between matches, but when I got back from buying soda and ice cream, Shmuley and his wife had left our bad seats, having either found better seats or gone home. Hopefully, the former, because the second match was quite good, an upset of top seed Justine Henin by Nadia Petrova.
posted on 9/07/2004
