This is the Forward’s coverage of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
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Fast Forward Rashida Tlaib Attended Jewish Voice for Peace Shabbat Service After Cancellation Of Israel Trip
(JTA) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., joined a Friday night Shabbat service in a Detroit park arranged to show the freshman congresswoman support after she was denied entrance to Israel. The program in Detroit’s Pallister Park, attended by about 60 people, according to The Detroit News, was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace Action, the…
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Fast Forward Who Is WeWork Co-Founder Adam Neumann?
Adam Neumann has been at the helm of WeWork since he co-founded it nearly 10 years ago. On Wednesday, it went public and filed its IPO paperwork, Business Insider reported. Here’s what you need to know about WeWork’s Israeli co-founder Neumann, who is now worth an estimated $4.1 billion. He lived for some time on…
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Fast Forward The Forward’s Printable Newsletter: For Readers Who Want To Unplug On Shabbat
The Forward has a new newsletter designed to be printed, read and discussed over Shabbat. Every Friday morning, Forward editors curate a roundup of some of the week’s best stories into a printable newsletter, ensuring those who observe Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest (which prohibits the use of technology), can keep up with the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Protesters Flee After Counter-Protesters Strip Down To Bras
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clashed with police in Jerusalem over the weekend in protest of the Eurovision Song Contest final, which was held on Shabbat. The impassioned crowd blocked Haneviim Street and stopped traffic on Saturday, The Times of Israel reported. Protestors attacked officers responding to the demonstration, and one was arrested. The protestors, shouting…
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News Progressive Jews At Princeton Call To Boycott ‘Israel Shabbat’
Rafi Lehmann attends Shabbat services every single week at Princeton University’s Center for Jewish Life, the elite university’s affiliate of the Jewish student organization Hillel. But this Friday, he won’t be eating challah in the dining hall – he’ll be protesting outside it. That’s because Lehmann and the club he helps lead, the Alliance of…
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Opinion El Al Should Apologize For Smearing The Orthodox Over Shabbat Flight Debacle
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: An El Al flight was delayed and ultimately diverted because “Right Wing Ultra-Orthodox Passengers” forced others to acquiesce to their outlandish religious requests. In the most recent example, a November 15 flight from New York to Tel Aviv was so delayed that many passengers were worried they…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jews Not To Blame For Flight Diverted For Shabbat, El Al Says
JERUSALEM (JTA) — El Al will compensate the 400 passengers on Flight 002, from New York to Tel Aviv, which was forced to divert in order to allow Sabbath-observant passengers to get off the plane. The flight which left New York more than 5 hours late on Thursday, Nov. 15, was diverted mid-flight to Athens,…
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Fast Forward El Al To Investigate Flight Diverted To Accommodate Sabbath Observers
El Al Airlines will set up a committee to study the events that led its flight from New York to Tel Aviv to stop in Athens in order to allow Sabbath-observant passengers to get off the plane. El Al CEO Gonen Usishkin, who announced the plan to set up the committee in a letter to…
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