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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/41498/full/41498/warriors-jewish-night-a-success-next-up-is-purim-with-omri/ <br /><br /> <b>Warriors’ Jewish night a success; next up is ‘Purim with Omri’</b> <br /> Thursday, February 25, 2010 | by andy altman-ohr <br /><br /><p>The Golden State Warriors sold a record 763 Jewish Heritage Night tickets to the Feb. 17 game against Israeli rookie Omri Casspi’s Sacramento Kings.</p> <p>Casspi started at forward in the game at Oakland’s Oracle Arena and had 11 points and seven rebounds, but his Kings were trounced by the Warriors, 130-98.</p> <p>A Warriors official called the team’s fifth annual Jewish Heritage Night a big success. Organizers handed out the full allotment of souvenir T-shirts (750) and kosher hot dogs (500), and the ticket total topped last year’s 650, as well as the previous high of 750 three years ago.</p> <div class="capDivLeft" style="width: 360px;"><img alt="BAcasspi" class="left" height="270" src="/images/uploads/y_photos_2010/zq02_26_10/BAcasspi.jpg" title="San Francisco Hillel student Julena Cone at the Warriors’ game Feb. 17." width="360" /> <div class="caption">San Francisco Hillel student Julena Cone at the Warriors’ game Feb. 17.</div> </div> San Francisco Hillel bought 85 tickets and sent the largest delegation, with San Francisco’s Jewish Community High School of the Bay not far behind. The S.F.-based Israeli Consulate had about 40 people in attendance. <p>Teen athletes from the 2009 JCC Maccabi Games in San Francisco were honored on the scoreboard. Some of them also got to be on the court to high-five the players before the game, as did a group of special-needs kids.</p> <p> The Warriors’ record in Jewish heritage games in Oakland improved to 3-2.</p> <p>The Kings and Warriors will not meet again this season, but tickets are plentiful in Sacramento and the Kings’ remaining 14-game home schedule includes some Jewish-themed events.</p> <p>On Sunday, Feb. 28, “Purim Party with Omri” begins at 4:30 p.m., 90 minutes before the Kings tip off against the L.A. Clippers. Fans will get to hear from Casspi and also are invited to come dressed as Purim characters, with a prize to be awarded for the best costume. Game tickets are being offered at a discount, but space is limited.</p> <p>On March 14, some 200 people from Mosaic Law Congregation in Sacramento will attend the Kings’ 6 p.m. game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, in effect transforming it into an unofficial Jewish heritage game. Synagogue members will take part in several pre-game activities.</p> <p>The Kings’ April 10 game against the Dallas Mavericks at 7:30 p.m. is scheduled as Israeli Cultural Night. Casspi is booked for a pregame Q&A session and nearly 100 tickets have already been sold, with other aspects of the event still being planned.</p> <p>For more information on any of these events, contact Kings’ ticket executive Beth Gelender at (916) 928-6954 or <a href="mailto:bgelender@arcoarena.com">bgelender@arcoarena.com</a>.</p> <p>— andy altman-ohr</p>

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