Israel will likely forfeit its October Davis...

Israel will likely forfeit its October Davis Cup tennis match against Switzerland because it coincides with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, Israeli Ambassador David Rivlin said.

Rivlin said that a group of Orthodox rabbis in Switzerland had written to Prime Minister Shimon Peres protesting the scheduling of the Oct. 3 match. Rivlin added that the Israeli Foreign Ministry is discussing a possible scheduling change with the London-based International Tennis Federation.