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Forverts in English VIDEO: Watch us make a delicious vegetarian version of the Shabbat stew — cholent
Both the dish and the word first appeared in the Ashkenazi Jewish community of France about 800 years ago
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Fast Forward In Tel Aviv and beyond, 200-seat empty Shabbat tables are set for Israeli hostages
Empty Shabbat tables have also gone up in the Jewish Quarter of Rome and on Australia's Bondi Beach
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Forverts in English VIDEO: An Israeli reserve soldier on the front sends a pre-sabbath greeting in Yiddish
The soldier, named Yonatan, displays a kugel he received and wishes everyone "a peaceful shabbos"
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Fast Forward How a heartland rabbi is helping congregants connect to Israel this Shabbat
In Topeka, Kansas, a Jewish community of a few hundred people unites to 'feel less alone'
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Opinion Never mind electric cars. The Conservative movement has bigger problems
How you get to shul is not as important as whether you live a Jewish life
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Sports New LA Times sports section has Sabbath-observant fans feeling boxed out
With the paper eliminating scores and recaps, some print subscribers mourn a Shabbat ritual
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Opinion Must your employer accommodate your Shabbat observance? That’s up to the Supreme Court
The decision in Groff v. DeJoy will have a significant impact on American Jews and other religious minorities who require accommodation of their religious practices
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Culture This family survived the Holocaust. Could a weekly Shabbat Zoom call help them survive the pandemic?
Three years after the COVID-19 lockdown, more than 50 people in this sprawling family still log on each Friday night to share their love and support
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Opinion Israeli women were raped and widowed by Hamas. Now the world ignores and mocks their suffering
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Opinion Hamas is not as popular in Gaza as it seems. But Israel’s tactics will ensure their survival
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Opinion The uncomfortable truth behind the hostage deal: War is hell, but it worked
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News ‘House of Lev’: A former hip hop dancer and makeup artist document their new Orthodox life online
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Fast Forward For the first time since Oct. 7, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urges investigation into sexual violence by Hamas
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Culture Henry Kissinger: ‘If it were not for the accident of my birth, I would be antisemitic.’
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News Henry Kissinger, influential first Jewish secretary of state, dies at 100
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Fast Forward Antisemitic incidents have surged 320% in Germany since Oct. 7, watchdog finds
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