Source: The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/01/faith_group_kno.html
There's been quite a bit of talk about the Nevada caucuses and how it added diversity to the presidential nomination process by holding them earlier in the calendar.
But the Democratic and Republican parties apparently forgot one group in scheduling the caucuses on Saturday morning -- Nevada's Jewish population, which celebrates its Sabbath then.
The GOP caucuses start at 9 a.m. local time, and the Democratic meetings at 11 a.m. Those times directly conflict with services at synagogues, and tradition dictates that Jews don't work or travel all day, further restricting their participation since there is no absentee balloting allowed, unlike in a primary.