This is the Forward’s coverage of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
Shabbat
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Yiddish World 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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Yiddish World 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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Sports Forget being caught on camera at a Coldplay concert — he was caught on shabbos at Yankee Stadium
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Fast Forward After Netanyahu and Cindy McCain meet, she calls out ‘desperation’ in Gaza, and he accuses her of ‘misrepresentation’
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Opinion A Reichstag fire is blazing in Trump’s America and we know exactly who is fanning the flames
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Fast Forward Minneapolis school shooting suspect had Tree of Life shooter’s name and antisemitic messages on his guns, videos show
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Sports Forget being caught on camera at a Coldplay concert — he was caught on shabbos at Yankee Stadium
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Fast Forward Half of US voters believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, poll finds
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Fast Forward A Colorado march for hostages was firebombed and is now relocating amid ongoing harassment by anti-Israel protesters
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Fast Forward Marco Rubio says he’s blocking Palestinians from coming to UN meeting where statehood is on the table
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