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Shabbat

This is the Forward’s coverage of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.

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Sports
Ryan Turell’s pro basketball debut may be on Shabbat. Here’s his game plan.

He can't drive, cook, or use his phone. But the Motor City Cruise organization wants to make it work

By Louis Keene Nov 3, 2022 | 4 min read
Culture
After outcry from Jewish fans, Taylor Swift adds dates that don’t fall on Shabbat

‘Looks like I’ll get to see more of your beautiful faces than previously expected,’ Swift wrote

By PJ Grisar Nov 3, 2022 | 2 min read
Looking Forward
The raw truth about ‘The Raw Truth About Lox’

A parable as much about how the internet works as how food memories are made

By Jodi Rudoren Oct 7, 2022 | 7 min read
Looking Forward
What you and I are repenting for this Yom Kippur

For the sins we committed by... holding grudges... ranting... mistrusting... and being impatient

By Jodi Rudoren Sep 30, 2022 | 5 min read
Looking Forward
Eggs or meat? More lessons from my weekly shift at a local food pantry

Oatmeal and black beans are big sellers, diapers are like gold and, it turns out, so are eggs

By Jodi Rudoren Sep 23, 2022 | 5 min read
Community
Readers share how they turn Saturday into Shabbat

Hot cocoa from the bible, bluegrass and opera, sleeping late and cleaning house

By Matthew Litman Sep 22, 2022 | 7 min read
Looking Forward
How do you turn Saturday into Shabbat?

A local cafe owner closed for the Jewish day of rest. Revenue is down 12% but his spirit is up

By Jodi Rudoren Sep 16, 2022 | 7 min read
Books
‘Shabbat Shalom and Sayonara’: Loyalists tried to oust Kushner via Shabbat meeting with Trump

Former White House advisor Peter Navarro details in new book an effort to replace Jared Kushner with Steve Bannon as head of the 2020 campaign amid dismal polling

By Jacob Kornbluh Sep 13, 2022 | 3 min read

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