This is the Forward’s coverage of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
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Fast Forward Bring On The Kosher Sabbath-Friendly Panic Alarm Button
Synagogues in Israel are getting a new tool that will let them handle a Sabbath emergency – a tablet that’s designed to call first responders on the day of rest, when many congregants do not carry phones. Developed by the software company Nedarim Plus, the tablet has only two features – to phone the police…
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News What Strange Salty Angels Are These?
Is that an angel on your shoulder or are you just unhappy to see me? I ask this of the “Prayer Police” — the folks who put the “nag” in “synagogue” — who reported Jared Kushner for mispronouncing a word and thus changing a sentence from malche ha-mlachim, “King of Kings,” to melach ha-malachim, “Salty…
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Community Do Yourself A Favor: Unplug This Shabbat.
Isn’t it time we turn off our devices and focus on what matters most in our lives? Leading up to the election, we were all on our screens more than normal, getting pinged and buzzed at every new development… and we tolerated this way of life, thinking when the election happened in November that it…
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Food Gumbo Shabbat In New Orleans — Treyf But True?
I make the treyf groceries first. (In New Orleans, you “make” groceries; you don’t buy them.) Traffic inches along North Broad Street, everyone eager to start the weekend. The sun is a ripe satsuma hanging above the Mississippi, and the Superdome reflects the purple sky. I have several stops to make before I even start…
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Community Shabbat Of Protest: Inside The Chicago Women’s March
The Women’s March was set for a Saturday morning. My first impression was that the organizers didn’t care whether Jewish women attended or simply knew nothing about Judaism. Such is the life of a minority. Religious Jews worship in synagogues on Shabbat mornings and don’t travel that day. Wanting to join the Women’s March, the…
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Recipes Weed-Infused Matzo Balls For Pot Shabbat
This is the first in a series by Jeff the 420 Chef, author of “The 420 Gourmet.” Try this contemporary twist on an old favorite. This is not your mama’s matzo ball soup — but with the added THC and CBD, I’m sure she’ll kvell with sheer delight. Tasty medicated matzo balls? What’s not to…
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Food World’s Largest Kids’ Challah Bake Braids Generations Together
Challah has never been just bread to me. I grew up watching my father proof his yeast every Friday at dawn before he’d race off to do rounds at the hospital, returning at midday to punch down and knead the aromatic dough before braiding and baking it. My dad also ventured into rolling out savory…
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The Schmooze Can Shabbat Be Sexy? I Went On a Mission to Find Out.
In case there were questions on the subject, let it be known that it is, in fact, difficult to eat soup while blindfolded. On the plus side, if everyone around you is blindfolded, too, you don’t have to worry about them silently decrying your marked lack of daintiness. So went one attendee’s distinctly un-spiritual train…
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