This is the Forward’s coverage of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
Shabbat
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Yiddish World Yiddish Shabbos songs to sing while sipping your glass of tea
Most Jews end the Sabbath meal with Hebrew or Aramaic hymns, but there are some wonderful Yiddish ones, too
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Opinion Why we observe Shabbat outside an abortion clinic
You don’t need a national stage to stand up for reproductive freedom in your community. You only need a minyan.
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Film & TV A Jewish sitcom from Britain gets remade in American suburbia — does the joke translate?
‘Dinner with the Parents,’ inspired by the hit show ‘Friday Night Dinner,’ is out now on Freevee
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Opinion I’m obsessed with Caitlin Clark. Do I choose her over Shabbat?
A crucial game for the Iowa basketball star in her final collegiate season tips off right at candle lighting
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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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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
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News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
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News Mamdani’s victory divides Jewish leaders one more way: Whether to say congratulations
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Fast Forward In a first, a ballot initiative to divest from Israel has won at the ballot box in Boston suburb
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Fast Forward In NJ governor’s race, Mikie Sherrill fends off GOP candidate whose aide spurned ‘money from Jews’
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News How Mamdani became New York’s next mayor, with Jews divided between fierce opposition and fiery support
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