Israel's National Tennis Team Gets Monetary Penalty For Rescheduling of Yom Kippur Match

JTA reports today that Israel's national tennis team has been ordered by the International Tennis Federation to pay the Belgian Tennis Association over $13,000 for the inconvenience of rescheduling a Davis Cup match that was originally to take place on Yom Kippur.  Initially the Belgian team refused to reschedule the Sept. 14 match in Antwerp. The International Tennis Federation stepped in and changed the date to Sept. 15, but with the monetary penalty. The Israel Tennis Association is a non-profit organization.