By GORDON GLANTZ

GORDONVILLE — I like the Sellersville Theater.

It is an intimate setting for a concert, holding just 325 people, and it sits next to a lovely restaurant called The Washington House, where they will accommodate concertgoers (without throwing the food at you).

You can drive there without getting stuck in traffic. There is plenty of parking, and you don’t need to take out a second mortgage to do it.

Another nice aspect, at least before COVID, was the post-concert meet-and greet, where waiting in line for an autograph and some talk has led to pleasant encounters with several artists (Janis Ian, Kathy Mattea, Jimmy Webb, Suzanne Vega, etc.).

After attending hundreds of concerts over the years at larger venues, Sellersville was where I was content to be semi-retired.

It was my own little Boca Raton.

My last “big” concert was Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Orchestra at Citizen’s Bank Park. We brought Sofia, who is totally into him, and I got to hang with my Northeast High buddy, Sherri, before taking our seats and enjoying a terrific show.

It was my 35th time seeing Springsteen — including solo acoustic and the Seeger Sessions in Camden — and it was a nice round number to end on.

Then, he announced a tour that to stand up to Donald Trump’s attempts to play king. Since I get my tickets through a shyster ticket agent (I’m too old to sit in bad seats), Laurie was dubious. Sofia, though, wanted to go.

And what Sofia wants, Sofia gets.

I got OK seats from Sammy Shyster, but the date of the show was changed (the Sixers and Flyers both advanced in the playoffs) and we were unable to attend on the rescheduled date. We were able to unload the seats at a big loss.

I could have blamed Springsteen, but I didn’t.

To me, Bruce Springsteen hung the sun and the moon. His music got me through many tough times. In many ways, he saved my life. It had to be someone else’s fault.

As his music became less social ad more political, I found myself almost always naturally aligned with his moral compass..

Until now.

Springsteen will be the clear headliner of the upcoming “Power to the People” concert in early October that will take place close enough to The White House that Trump will still hear it when he turns down his hearing aid.

What’s my issue then?

Also on the list of performers is Dave Matthews. Ever since the horrors of October 7, Matthews has made his strong opinions well-known. He is not just pro-Gaza, concerned about the well-being of civilians caught in the crossfire after the IDF responded, but he is pretty much pro-Hamas (widely recognized as a terrorist organization before Oct. 7).

Lacking nuanced thought, just like his unfocused music, Matthews has made himself into a human anti-Zionist billboard, waving Palestinian flags on stage and leading chants of “From the River to the Sea.”

And if you are as anti-Zionist as Dave Matthews, you are anti-Israel. f you are anti-Israel, you are filled with a double dose of deep-seated hatred for the the Jewish people.

My people,

There a lot of performers at the event that admire (Joan Baez, Foo Fighters) but it is the fact that Springsteen is sharing the same oxygen, let alone the same stage, that really has my heart shattered.

If you saw “Deliever Me From Nowhere,” the movie about the making of Springsteen’s Nebraska album, which touched my soul at a vulnerable point my life, you will see how important producer Jon Landau was in his life.

Landau and sound engineer, Chuck Plotskin, who sweated over the tapes to get the sound Springsteen, are both Jewish,

A lot of the disc jockeys that gave Springsteen’s early music airplay were also Jews.

On his current tour, Springsteen is finishing the shows with “Chimes of Freedom,” a song by modern day Jewish prophet, Bob Dylan, who was one of Springsteen strongest influences.

I can take an educated guess that the shrinks who helped Springsteen deal with his depression Jews.

It could be argued that, without the help of Jewish people. Springsteen would have just been an obscure performer on the North Jersey shore.

The details of this whole “Power to the People” thing — including ticket prices — are still a little sketchy.

Springsteen could be playing all acoustic. If not, longtime Jewish E Street musicians — drummer Max Weinberg and pianist/keyboardist Roy Bittan — could and should voice their displeasure with Springsteen’s decision to be aligned with Matthews.

I understand that he can’t agree with every opinion of everyone he shares a stage with, but a line has to be drawn somewhere.

I’m disappointed that line has not be drawn.

It’s a day I thought would never come.