Welcome to the Forward‘s coverage of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
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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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Forverts in English My mother and grandmother never made challah. Here’s why I do, and why I love it.
Baking challah meant nothing special until I discovered a recipe named for the European city my father was from.
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